Mustafizur Rahman is playing for Bangladesh in the Asia Cup 2025, and on Saturday, September 20, during his team’s first Super 4s match against Sri Lanka, he picked up 3 wickets for 20 runs in four overs. The three-wicket show in the match taking place at Dubai International Cricket Stadium helped Rahman equal Shakib Al Hasan’s record of most wickets for Bangladesh in the 20-over format of the game.
Shakib played 129 T20Is for Bangladesh from 2006 to 2024 and dismissed 149 batters. On the other hand, Rahman has 149 wickets to his credit in 117 matches.
Most wickets for Bangladesh in T20Is
| BOWLER | MATCHES | WICKETS | BEST FIGURES |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 129 | 149 | 5/20 |
| Mustafizur Rahman | 117 | 149 | 6/10 |
| Taskin Ahmed | 81 | 99 | 4/16 |
| Mahedi Hasan | 66 | 61 | 4/11 |
| Shoriful Islam | 54 | 58 | 3/17 |
Rahman opened his wicket account on Saturday by dismissing Kusal Perera on the fourth ball of the 14th over. Perera was caught behind by Bangladesh’s T20I captain
and wicketkeeper Litton Das after adding 16 runs to his team’s total.
On the fourth ball of his last over of the match, Rahman dismissed Kamindu Mendis. Mendis was caught by Litton after scoring 1 run from 2 balls. Wanindu Hasaranga scored two runs on the next ball, but on the last one, in an attempt to hit a six, he was caught by Tanzid Hasan near the boundary ropes.
In Bangladesh’s next Super 4s match, which is set to take place against India in Dubai on Wednesday, September 24, Rahman will have a chance to become Bangladesh’s highest wicket-taker in T20Is. One wicket in the next two matches for Bangladesh will also help him become the first Bangladeshi to dismiss 150 batters in T20Is.
As of now, only three bowlers – Rashid Khan of Afghanistan, Tim Southee of New Zealand and his teammate Ish Sodhi – have picked up 150+ wickets in T20Is.
Most wickets in T20Is
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | MATCHES | WICKETS | BEST FIGURES |
| Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | 103 | 173 | 5/3 |
| Tim Southee | New Zealand | 126 | 164 | 5/18 |
| Ish Sodhi | New Zealand | 126 | 150 | 4/12 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | 129 | 149 | 5/20 |
| Mustafizur Rahman | Bangladesh | 117 | 149 | 6/10 |
| Adil Rashid | England | 130 | 138 | 4/2 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | Sri Lanka | 83 | 134 | 4/9 |
| Adam Zampa | Australia | 103 | 130 | 5/19 |
| Ehsan Khan | Hong Kong | 97 | 129 | 4/5 |
| Mark Adair | Ireland | 89 | 128 | 4/13 |
Thanks to Rahman’s super show with the ball, Bangladesh managed to restrict Sri Lanka to 168/7 in 20 overs. For the six-time Asia Cup winners, former white-ball captain Dasun Shanaka played an unbeaten knock of 64 runs from 37 balls.
