Alauddin hat-trick, Mizanur fifty help Brothers thrash Rupganj

Right-arm medium pacer Alauddin Babu picked up a hat-trick before a blistering fifty from skipper Mizanur Rahman helped Brothers Union thrash Legends of Rupganj by eight wickets in their Bangabandhu Dhaka Premier Division T20 League encounter at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today. 

Alauddin, who had removed Rupganj opener Azmir Ahmed in the very first over of the innings, picked up the wickets of Muktar Ali and Shohag Gazi in the last two deliveries of the 18th over before scalping the wicket of Nabil Samad in the first ball of the final over to complete his hat-trick. 

Alauddin ended with career-best T20 figures of four for 21 in his 3.1 overs as Brothers bundled out Rupganj for 111 in 19.1 overs. The 29-year-old pacer became only the fifth Bangladeshi player to have scalped a hat-trick in T20s. 

Coming in to chase a paltry total, Brothers skipper Mizanur smashed a quick-fire 52-ball 74, laced with eight boundaries and three sixes, to help his side chase down the target with 27 balls and eight wickets to spare.

Interestingly, in 2013, Alauddin, while playing for Abahani Limited, had made an unwanted world record of conceding 39 runs in an over during his side's DPL game against Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club at the same venue. Alauddin was smacked by Zimbabwe all-rounder Elton Chigumbura for four sixes and three fours, one of which was a no-ball, in that 50-over game.

Alauddin had held the record for conceding most runs in an over in List A cricket before New Zealand duo Joe Carter and Brett Hampton, two Northern District batsmen, smashed Willem Ludick for 43 runs during a Ford trophy match in New Zealand's domestic one-day tournament in 2018 to create a new world record of most runs scored in one over in List A cricket.  

After more than seven years since making that infamous record, Alauddin must be exhilarated to have etched his name in the record book for something that he can really be proud of.