Bangladesh pace bowler Taskin Ahmed has taken 7 wickets in oneBangladesh Premier League (BPL)match.

Darbar Rajshahi's Taskin took 7 wickets by giving away 19 runs in 4 overs in the ongoing match against Dhaka Capitals on Thursday. Dhaka scored 174 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs.

He took the wickets ofLiton Das,Tanjid Hasan, Shahadat Hossain,Chaturanga DeSilva, Alauddin Babu, Mukidul Islam, and Shubham Ranjane. He took one wicket in the second over of the match, one wicket in the fourth over, 2 wickets in the 17th over and 3 wickets in the 20th over.

His bowling is the third-best in T20 cricket. Earlier, Sajrul Idrus of Malaysia took 7 wickets, scoring 8 runs in 4 overs in the match against China, while Colin Ackerman of Leicester took 7 wickets, scoring 8 runs in 4 overs against Birmingham.

Apart from these three players, others have not taken 7 wickets in T20 matches.