Md Nawaz becomes third Pakistani player to take T20I hat-trick; full list
Md Nawaz took 5 wickets in the match, equalling the record for most wickets by a Pakistani player in a T20I match
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Pakistani spin all-rounder Md Nawaz had an outing of his life against Afghanistan in the final match of the UAE T20 tri-series in Sharjah as, after scoring a brilliant 25 runs with the bat to help Pakistan put up a fighting total of 141 on the board, he went on to create history by becoming only the third Pakistani player to claim a T20I hat-trick. He removed Darwish Rasooli and Azmatullah Omarzai on the final two balls of the sixth over before getting the wicket of Ibrahim Zadran on the first ball of the seventh over to complete his hat-trick. He went on to take the wickets of Karim Jannat and Rashid Khan to finally finish his spell on the night with figures of 5 for 19 in 4 overs, helping Pakistan beat Afghanistan by 75 runs.
Before Nawaz, only Faheem Ashraf (2018) and Md Hasnain (2020) had achieved this milestone for Pakistan.
Full list of Pakistani players with T20I hat-trick
| Player | Match | Venue | Season |
| Faheem Ashraf | Pakistan v Sri Lanka | Abu Dhabi | 2017/18 |
| Md Hasnain | Pakistan v Sri Lanka | Lahore | 2019/20 |
| Md Nawaz | Pakistan vs Afghanistan | Sharjah | 2025 |
Full list of players with T20I hat-tricks
While Nawaz is the third player to take a T20I hat-trick for Pakistan, he is the 22nd overall in the list of players with T20I hat-tricks among ICC full member nations.
List of players with T20I hat-tricks (ICC full member nations)
| Player | Match | Venue | Season |
| B Lee | Australia v Bangladesh | Cape Town | 2007/08 |
| JDP Oram | New Zealand v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 2009 |
| TG Southee | New Zealand v Pakistan | Auckland | 2010/11 |
| NLTC Perera | Sri Lanka v India | Ranchi | 2015/16 |
| SL Malinga | Sri Lanka v Bangladesh | Colombo | 2016/17 |
| SL Malinga | Sri Lanka v New Zealand | Pallekele | 2019 |
| Mohammad Hasnain | Pakistan v Sri Lanka | Lahore | 2019/20 |
| DL Chahar | India v Bangladesh | Nagpur | 2019/20 |
| AC Agar | Australia v South Africa | Johannesburg | 2019/20 |
| A Dananjaya | Sri Lanka v West Indies | Antigua | 2020/21 |
| NT Ellis | Australia v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 2021 |
| PWH de Silva | Sri Lanka v South Africa | Sharjah | 2021/22 |
| K Rabada | South Africa v England | Sharjah | 2021/22 |
| Josh Little | Ireland v New Zealand | Adelaide | 2022/23 |
| Tim Southee | India v New Zealand | Mount Maunganui | 2022/23 |
| Matt Henry | New Zealand v Pakistan | Lahore | 2023 |
| Pat Cummins | Australia v Bangladesh | North Sound | 2024 |
| Pat Cummins | Australia v Afghanistan | Kingstown | 2024 |
| Chris Jordan | England v United States of America | Bridgetown | 2024 |
| Lockie Ferguson | New Zealand v Sri Lanka | Dambulla | 2024/25 |
| Md Nawaz | Pakistan v Afghanistan | Sharjah | 2025 |