Archive · 11 Oct 2026
Hasan Mahmud’s Historic Hat-Trick Puts Bangladesh Ahead
Bangladesh and Afghanistan are playing a one-off Test cricket match in Abu Dhabi.
Bangladesh scored 346 runs in their first turn batting.
On the third day, Bangladesh bowler Hasan Mahmud took three wickets with three balls in a row.
This is called a hat-trick.
He became the first fast bowler from Bangladesh to do this in a Test match, and the third Bangladeshi bowler overall.
Afghanistan scored 240 runs in reply.
Rahmat Shah scored 102 without being out, but Bangladesh still finished the innings 106 runs ahead.
Hasan Mahmud became Bangladesh’s first fast bowler to take a Test hat-trick and the third Bangladeshi bowler overall.
He took three wickets in successive deliveries in the 83rd over of Afghanistan’s innings on day three.
Mahmud dismissed Ismat Alam, Qais Ahmad and Zia-ur-Rehman Akbar, with the final decision upheld after a Bangladesh DRS appeal.
Bangladesh made 346 in their first innings after winning the toss and choosing to bat.
Afghanistan were dismissed for 240, leaving Bangladesh with a 106-run first-innings lead; Rahmat Shah scored an unbeaten 102.
- Who
- Bangladesh fast bowler Hasan Mahmud and the Afghanistan team.
- What
- Mahmud took a Test hat-trick as Bangladesh secured a 106-run first-innings lead.
- When
- Day three of the one-off Test.
- Where
- Abu Dhabi.
- Why
- Mahmud’s three successive wickets helped dismiss Afghanistan for 240.
- Match
- Afghanistan vs Bangladesh one-off Test
- Venue
- Abu Dhabi
- Bangladesh first innings
- 346
- Afghanistan first innings
- 240
- First-innings lead
- Bangladesh led by 106 runs
- Hat-trick
- Three successive wickets in the 83rd over
- Rahmat Shah
- Scored an unbeaten 102 for Afghanistan
