Overview
- Bahrain posted 160/4 before bowling Bhutan out for 125 to secure a 35-run victory in Gelephu.
- Introduced in the third over, Dawood struck twice early to make it 11/3, then took three in the 16th over and two more in the next to finish with 7-19.
- His figures are the second-best in men’s T20Is and only the second seven-wicket haul, behind Malaysia’s Syazrul Idrus’s 7-8 from 2023.
- The spell marked Dawood’s maiden five-wicket haul in T20Is and lifted his career tally to 96 wickets in 64 matches at 14.10 with a 5.96 economy.
- Bahrain now lead the five-match series 2-1 after the third T20I against Bhutan.