Taskin Ahmed’s hattrick halts SL run spree in abandoned tie
NEWDELHI: Taskin Ahmed finished with a four-wicket haul, including a hattrick, as Sri Lanka were all out for 311 in 49.5 overs in the second ODI in Dambulla on Tuesday. The match was abandoned after heavy showers during the interval.
The burly pacer, who took four wickets for 47, became the fifth Bangladesh cricketer to pick a hattrick in ODI cricket. Shahadat Hossain, Abdur Razzak, Rubel Hossain and Taijul Islam have taken hattricks for the Bangla Tigers.
Taskin Ahmed’s torrid spell knocked out the Sri Lankan tail after Kusal Mendis slammed his maiden ODI century as the hosts won the toss and decided to bat.
Taskin knocked out Asela Gunaratne, Suranga Lakmal and Nuwan Pradeep off successive deliveries to stop a torrent of runs from the Sri Lankan batsmen. Gunaratne was particularly aggressive with a 28-ball 39.
The 21-year old Taskin’s hattrick was also the 41st in 3856 ODIs.
HATTRICK HISTORY
Lasith Malinga has three hattricks while Pakistan’s Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq and Sri Lanka’s Chaminda Vaas are the three bowlers with multiple hattricks to their names.
Pakistan’s Jalaluddin, Aaqib Javed, Waqar Younis and Mohammed Sami, Australian Bruce Reid, Anthony Stuart, Brett Lee, Daniel Christian and Clint MCkay and James Faulkner, India’s Chetan Sharma and Kapil Dev, England’s James Anderson, Steve Harmison, Steven Finn and Andrew Flintoff, New Zealand’s Danny Morrison and Shane Bond, Zimbabwean Eddo Brandes and Prosper Utseya, South African Charl Langeveldt, Jean-Paul Duminy and Kagiso Rabada, West Indian Jerome Taylor and Kemar Roach and Sri Lankan Farveez Maharoof and Thisara Perera are the other bowlers with one hattrick in ODIs.