Rajkot:Bangladesh T20I skipper Mahmudullah Riyad is on verge of scripting a record for Bangladesh as the Bangla Tigers face India in the second T20I at Rajkot stadium on Thursday.
Mahmudullah is just two sixes away from completing a half-century of maximums in the shortest format of the game and if he achieves the feat on Thursday, the Bangladesh skipper will become the first cricketer from his nation to achieve it.
Apart from him, Tamim Iqbal has 41 sixes to his name in T20I cricket while banned Shakib Al Hasan has 33. Mushfiqur Rahim has hit 31 sixes.
Most T20I sixes for Bangladesh | 48 | Mahmudullah Riyad |
| 41 | Tamim Iqbal |
| 33 | Shakib Al Hasan |
| 31 | Mushfiqur Rahim |
Last Sunday, Bangladesh beat India by seven wickets in the series opener, chasing down a modest target of 149 with ease. It was their first victory over India in the shortest format.
