Taskin Ahmed becomes 5th Bangladesh bowler to take ODI hat-trick; 41st overall

Taskin Ahmed became the fifth Bangladesh cricketer to achieve an ODI hat-trick.

Taskin Ahmed became the fifth bowler for Bangladesh to grab an One-Day International (ODI) hat-trick. Taskin, during the second match of the three-ODI series against Sri Lanka, achieved this feat in the very last over of the innings at Dambulla. Sri Lanka looked set to cross the 320-run mark before Taskin nabbed Asela Gunaratne, Suranga Lakmal and Nuwan Pradeep in three back-to-back deliveries. The first Bangladesh bowler to take a hat-trick was Shahadat Hossain against Zimbabwe way back in 2006. Abdul Razzak was the second Bangladeshi, taking 3 in 3 against again Zimbabwe in 2010. Rubel Hossain achieved this triumph against New Zealand in 2013, while the last Bangladeshi bowler before Taskin was Taijul Islam, who recorded this in 2014 versus Zimbabwe. LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI at Dambulla

Jalal-ud-Din of Pakistan was the first player to take an ODI hat-trick. That came against Australia in 1982 at Hyderabad, Pakistan. Since then, 41 players have taken hat-trick in 50-over format. Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga has taken most number of hat-tricks (3), followed by the likes of Wasim Akram (Pakistan), Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka) and Saqlain Mushtaq (Pakistan) with 2 hat-tricks to their name. Taskin is also the 16th Asian cricketer to pick up an ODI hat-trick.

Here is the list of all players who have taken ODI hat-tricks:

The only Indians who make it to the list are Chetan Sharma and Kapil Dev. Chetan became the first bowler to pick up a hat-trick in an World Cup match. He was also the first bowler to get a hat-trick, where all his victims were bowled. Since him, only three other bowlers have achieved a similar feat, Akram, Danny Morrison (New Zealand) and Waqar Younis (Pakistan); Akram achieved this milestone twice.