SL vs BAN: Mahedi Hasan breaks Harbhajan Singh’s 13-year-old record in Colombo T20I-OxBig News Network

Bangladesh spinner Mahedi Hasan scripted history after recording the best bowling figures by a visiting bowler in T20Is at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The tweaker achieved the feat in the third and final T20I of the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka on Wednesday, July 16.

With figures of 4-1-11-4, Mahedi went past former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh’s record of 4-2-12-4 against England in the Men’s T20 World Cup in 2012. Wanindu Hasaranga holds the overall record for best figures at the RPS in Colombo with figures of 4-0-9-4 against India back in 2021.

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Best figures by a visiting bowler in T20Is in Colombo

Mahedi Hasan (Bangladesh): 4-1-11-4 against Sri Lanka, July 2025

Harbhajan Singh (India): 4-2-12-4 against England, September 2012

Josh Hazlewood (Australia): 4-0-16-4 against Sri Lanka, June 2022

Joe Denly (England): 4-0-19-4 against Sri Lanka, October 2018

Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh): 3-0-21-4 against Sri Lanka, April 2017

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (India): 3.3-0-22-4 against Sri Lanka, July 2021

Shardul Thakur (India): 4-0-27-4 against Sri Lanka, March 2018

Mahedi Hasan rattles Sri Lanka

Mahedi, who replaced Mehidy Hasan Miraz, in the playing XI, began making inroads right from the word go. In his first over, he got the wicket of Kusal Perera, who’s capable of doing damage with the bat. Then in the fifth over, Mahedi dismissed the dangerous Dinesh Chandimal, after which he accounted for the wicket of Charith Asalanka in his last over.

Mahedi’s brilliant bowling helped Bangladesh restrict Sri Lanka to 40 for three in the powerplay. He also became only the fifth Bangladeshi bowler to take 50 or more wickets in Men’s T20Is.

The others are Shakib Al Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam. Mahedi has also played 10 ODIs for the Tigers, where he has taken 14 wickets at an economy rate of 4.95.

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