Stats: Youngest players to take a 5-wicket haul in T20 cricket

By Sampath Bandarupalli

Updated - 04 Dec 2016, 16:13 IST

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Afif Hossain, the 17-year old off-spinner from Bangladesh set a Twenty20 record becoming the youngest to bag a 5-wicket haul. Playing in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) for Rajshahi Kings, Afif became the first Bangladeshi to take 5 wickets in a game in the BPL history. Afif, who was making his debut in T20 cricket, picked up his first wicket off the 3rd ball he bowled in Chittagong Vikings’ innings.

By the end of the game, he became the first Bangladeshi and 17th player in overall to pick up a 5-fer on T20 debut. Afif’s figures of 5/21 are the 3rd best in BPL history and only the 7th instance of a bowler picking up a 5-wicket haul in the tournament.

During the game, Afif Hossain picked up the big wicket of Chris Gayle, who was out bowled. Afif’s 4th and last over was a double-wicket maiden helping him to set the record.

Before him, the youngest player to pick up a 5-wicket haul in T20s was Pakistan’s Zia-ul-Haq, who did it in 2012 at an age of 17 years and 109 days. Afif aged 17 years and 72 days coming into this game. In fact, Zia-ul-Haq’s 5-fer also came on his T20 debut.

Youngest players to take a five-wicket haul in T20 cricket:

Player Bowling figures Age Country Team Opposition Date
Afif Hossain 4-1-21-5 17 years 72 days Bangladesh Rajshahi Kings Chittagong Vikings Dec 3, 2016
Zia-ul-Haq 4-0-23-5 17 years 109 days Pakistan Lahore Lions Wolves Mar 29, 2012
Iqbal Abdulla 4-0-10-5 17 years 136 days India Mumbai Haryana Apr 17, 2007
Matthew Fisher 3.2-0-22-5 17 years 187 days England Yorkshire Derbyshire May 15, 2015
Aizaz Khan 4-0-25-5 19 years 2 days Hong Kong Hong Kong U.S.A. Mar 23, 2012
Mark Watt 4-0-27-5 19 years 191 days Scotland Scotland Netherlands Feb 5, 2016
Usman Khan 3.1-2-9-5 19 years 218 days Pakistan ZTBL Sui Northern Dec 3, 2013
Danny Briggs 4-0-19-5 20 years 99 days England Hampshire Durham Aug 7, 2011
Ngazibini Sigwili 4-0-18-5 20 years 99 days South Africa E. Province KZ-Natal Sep 19, 2015
Kuldeep Yadav 3.4-0-17-5 20 years 100 days India Uttar Pradesh Vidarbha Mar 24, 2015

(Stats updated till December 3rd, 2016)

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