Taskin Ahmed today became the fifth Bangladesh player, after Shahadat Hossain, Abdur Razzak, Rubel Hossain and Taijul Islam, to pick up a hattrick in ODI cricket in the second ODI against Sri Lanka.

The right-arm fast bowler achieved the feat when he dismissed Asela Gunaratne, the right-hander who was caught a mid-off, Suranga Lakmal, caught at mid-wicket and Nuwan Pradeep – the number eleven batsman who was clean bowled by an off-stump yorker – in the final over of the Sri Lanka inning during the second one-day international at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium today. 

                                      Hattricks for Bangladesh in ODIs

Player                                   Against                 Victims                                         Venue/Date

Shahadat Hossain                 Zimbabwe          Tafadzwa Mufambisi                      Harare/2006

                       Elton Chigumbura

                       Tawanda Mupariwa

Abdur Razzak                      Zimbabwe           Prosper Utseya, Ray Price                Mirpur/2010

                       Christopher Mpofu

Rubel Hossain                    New Zealand         Corey Anderson, Brendon

                        McCullum, Jimmy Neesham            Mirpur/2013

Taijul Islam                          Zimbabwe           Tinashe Panyangara, John            Mirpur/2014

                         Nyumbu, Tendai Chatara

Taskin Ahmed                    Sri Lanka              Asela Gunaratne, Suranga           Dambulla/2017

                        Lakmal, Nuwan Pradeep