Shoriful claims hat-trick

Fast bowler Shoriful Islam claimed a hat-trick in his side Durdanto Dhaka's match against defending champions
Comilla Victorians at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday.

Shoriful who returned figures of 3-27, took all of his wickets in the last three balls of Comilla's innings.

After conceding two sixes at the hands of Khushdil Shah in the second and third ball, he took the sweet revenge when he had Comilla's Pakistan recruit caught by Taskin. Later in the last two balls, he claimed the wicket of West Indies recruit Roston Chase and Mahidul Islam.

Ankon, helped by the fielders to become the seventh bowler in the tournament to claim hat-trick. Comilla eventually were restricted to 143-6.

The 10th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) kicked off in a grand style on Friday.

Pakistan's Mohammad Sami was the first bowler in BPL to slam a hat-trick in the first edition in 2012. So far three overseas players and four Bangladeshi players achieved the feat in this tournament.