Bangladesh team is currently on the tour of Zimbabwe and is playing a 3-match ODI series. In the first match of the ODI series, Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl first, which proved to be right for the team. Bangladeshi bowlers broke the back of Zimbabwe’s batting. Bangladesh’s fast bowler Nahid Rana wreaked havoc with the ball. He single-handedly created history by showing six Zimbabwean batsmen the way to the pavilion.
Nahid Rana created history
In fact, in front of Bangladesh’s lethal bowling, Zimbabwe team could not even play 50 overs and got bundled out for 141 runs in just 36.4 overs. For Bangladesh, Nahid Rana took 6 wickets for 21 runs. With this, Nahid became the bowler with the best bowling performance in ODI cricket for Bangladesh, breaking a 20-year-old record. Earlier, the record of best bowling in ODI for Bangladesh was in the name of Mashrafe Mortaza. Mortaza took 6 wickets for 26 runs against Kenya in 2006. Seven years later, Rubel Hussain took 6 wickets for 26 runs in 5.5 overs against New Zealand, but Mortaza’s record remained intact for 20 years.
Best bowling performance of Bangladesh bowlers in ODIs
- Nahid Rana – 6/21 vs Zimbabwe (2026)
- Mashrafe Mortaza – 6/26 vs Kenya (2006)
- Rubel Hossain – 6/26 vs New Zealand (2013)
- Rishad Hussain – 6/35 vs West Indies (2025)
- Mustafizur Rahman – 6/43 vs India (2015)
- Shoriful Islam – 6/48 vs Australia (2026)
Nahid Rana joins special club
Nahid Rana has now become the foreign fast bowler with the best bowling performance against Zimbabwe on Zimbabwean soil. Rana bowled two maiden overs in his quota of 10 overs and took 6 wickets while giving 21 runs. Earlier this record was in the name of Fidel Edwards of West Indies, who took 6 wickets for 22 runs against Zimbabwe in 2003. Rana’s 6 wickets is the third best bowling performance in ODI matches against Zimbabwe. Sri Lanka’s Chaminda Vaas is at the first position in this list, who took 8 wickets for 19 runs in 2001. In the year 2025, Wanindu Hasaranga of Sri Lanka also took seven wickets for 19 runs against Zimbabwe in Colombo.
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