Mehedi Rana 9th bowler achieves BPL hat-trick

BSS, Dhaka:

Bangladesh pacer Mehedi Hasan Rana became the ninth bowler to claim a hat-trick in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 tournament.

Playing for Noakhali Express, the pacer achieved the feat against Sylhet Titans on Saturday at the Sylhet

International Cricket Stadium. His record came in the 18th over, when he sent back Sylhet captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nasum Ahmed and Syed Khaled Ahmed in consecutive three deliveries. He eventually finished with figures for 4-34.

However, despite his stellar feat, Noakhali suffered a heartbreaking one-wicket defeat to Sylhet.
Mehedi Rana, however, is the fifth Bangladesh bowler to enter into the exclusive club, which was opened by Pakistan first bowler Mohammad Sami in the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2012.

Pacer Al-Amin Hossain was the first Bangladesh bowler to claim a BPL hat-trick in 2015. Later, offspinner Aliss Al Islam, pacers Mrittunjoy Chowdhury and Shoriful Islam followed him before Mehedi Rana.

List of BPL hat-tricks

Mohammad Sami (Pakistan) – Duronto Rajshahi vs Dhaka Gladiators in 2012

Al-Amin Hossain (Bangladesh) – Barisal Bulls vs Sylhet Super Stars in 2015

Aliss Islam (Bangladesh) – Dhaka Dynamites vs Rangpur Riders in 2019

Wahab Riaz (Pakistan) – Comilla Victorians vs Khulna Titans in 2019

Andre Russell (West Indies) – Dhaka Dynamites vs Chattogram Vikings in 2019

Mrittunjoy Chowhdury (Bangladesh) – Chattogram Challengers vs Sylhet Sunrisers in 2022

Shoriful Islam (Bangladesh) – Durdanto Dhaka vs Comilla Victorians in 2023.

Moeen Ali (England)- Comilla Victorians vs Chattogram Challengers 2024

Mehedi Hasan Rana (Bangladesh)-Noakhali Express vs Sylhet Titans 2025