Sri Lanka were defeated by Bangladesh in the third T20I of the three-match series at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. They thus win the series. The visitors lost the toss and were bowling first. However, they completely rattled the hosts. As SL were restricted to 132 in the first innings, the man who stole the show for Bangladesh with the ball was Mahedi Hasan. The star spinner put up a sensational performance and as a result broke a world record held by the legendary Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh.

Mahedi Hasan finished with figures of 4/11 from his four overs. He now becomes the away bowler with the best T20I figures in Colombo. He breaks the record set by Harbhajan Singh in the 2012 T20 World Cup against England. He had finished with figures of 4/12 in his four overs in that match.

Here are the away bowlers with the best bowling figures 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

Mehadi Hasan, Tanzid Hasan Help Bangladesh Seal Series

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first. However, they had a pretty poor innings as they could only manage to score 132/7, Pathum Nissanka and Dasun Shanaka scored 46 and 35 respectively, while Mehadi Hasan got 4 wickets, becoming Bangladesh's hero with the ball.

`Bangladesh comfortably chased down the target in 16.2 overs, losing just two wickets. Tanzid Hasan Tamim was the star with the bat for the visitors as he scored 73 from 47 balls. The visitors won by 8 wickets and clinched the series.