On October 11, 2026, Hasan Mahmud made cricket history in Bangladesh by becoming the nation’s first pace bowler to score a hat-trick in Test cricket. On the third day of Bangladesh and Afghanistan’s one-time Test match at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the milestone was reached.
To complete the feat, the 26-year-old right-arm fast-medium bowler produced three consecutive dismissals in the 83rd over. He bowled Ismat Alam first, then Litton Das caught Qais Ahmad behind him. On the very next delivery, he trapped Zia-ur-Rehman in front of the wicket. At the time the hat-trick was completed, Afghanistan was at 221 for eight.
After bowling four maiden overs, Hasan finished the innings with figures of 4 wickets for 39 runs from 18 overs. He was at the center of a historic afternoon for Bangladeshi cricket thanks to his composed spell, which was the best bowling performance of the Afghanistan innings.
Zia-ur-Rehman’s dismissal was not immediately rewarded for the delivery. Bangladesh requested a review after the on-field umpire rejected the lbw appeal. Ball-tracking produced three reds, indicating that the ball was pitched in line, struck in line and would have disturbed the stumps. UltraEdge verified that there was no edge onto the bat. The hat-trick was formally confirmed when the ruling was reversed.
Before that afternoon in Abu Dhabi, no Bangladeshi pace bowler had ever taken three wickets in three consecutive balls in the 83rd over. The hat-trick would not have been recorded without the successful challenge that overturned the on-field call against Zia-ur-Rehman, so the use of the Decision Review System proved crucial.
Among Bangladesh’s Test hat-trick takers, where does Hasan Mahmud stand?
In the game’s longest format, Hasan is just the third bowler from Bangladesh to record a hat-trick. The first was Alok Kapali, who accomplished the feat in 2003 against Pakistan in Peshawar. Ten years later, in Chattogram in 2013, Sohag Gazi dismissed three batters from New Zealand in a row. Hasan is the only pace bowler from Bangladesh to have taken a Test hat-trick, as Kapali and Gazi are both spin bowlers.
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The accomplishment occurred during a one-time Test match at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, which has played host to a number of prestigious neutral-venue Tests in the past. Hasan’s 4-39 from 18 overs, with four maidens, demonstrated his capacity to remain disciplined and produce deliveries that take wickets over an extended period of time. He now shares a spot in Bangladesh’s Test history with Kapali and Gazi, but he stands alone as the nation’s first pace bowler to accomplish this milestone.
