Mahedi Hasan — Wickets and Pokhara Avengers

Five wickets and the side’s only maiden

Mahedi Hasan has taken five wickets in NPL Season 3, joint-most for Pokhara Avengers alongside Bipin Khatri. He has also scored 65 runs in five matches, and bowled the only maiden by a Pokhara bowler this season.

All-rounder. Overseas signing. Captain: Kushal Bhurtel. Head coach: Ajantha Mendis.

Mahedi Hasan is an all-rounder from Bangladesh. Born on 12 December 1994 in Khulna, he is a right-handed batter and right-arm off-break bowler. He made his T20I debut for Bangladesh against Sri Lanka on 18 February 2018 and his ODI debut against New Zealand on 20 March 2021. At the 2021 T20 World Cup he took 8 wickets in 7 innings at an average of 18.75, and he was also in Bangladesh’s squad for the 2024 T20 World Cup. He won a gold medal with Bangladesh in the men’s cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games in Kathmandu and Pokhara.

His season has been five matches of two disciplines, every game played. The bowling: 1 for 31, 1 for 24, 0 for 27, 0 for 32 and 3 for 24 — the last of them in the only win. The batting: 32, 8, 13, 7 and 5 — the 32 against Sudurpaschim Royals in the opener was the second-highest score in Pokhara’s 145. He is the only Pokhara player to have played all five matches and taken a wicket in three of them.

Season 3 in numbers

All figures cover matches through Match 21, played on Tuesday 10 November 2026. Pokhara Avengers have played five matches; they did not play Match 21.

Numbers from the NPL season file, updated 10 November 2026, covering matches through Match 21. Strike rate is runs per 100 balls; economy is runs per over.

Match by match

Every innings and every spell, newest first. An asterisk means not out.

What the numbers mean

The bowling is the most reliable in the side: five wickets in 20 overs at an average of 27.60 and an economy of 6.90, with a maiden — the only one bowled by a Pokhara bowler this season. The 3 for 24 against Karnali Yaks in Match 19 is the best bowling performance in Pokhara’s only win, and it came after four games of 1 for 31, 1 for 24, 0 for 27 and 0 for 32. His economy of 6.90 is the second-tightest among Pokhara’s regular bowlers, behind only Shakib Al Hasan’s 4.50.

The batting is honest rather than decisive: 65 runs in five innings at an average of 13.00 and a strike rate of 89.0. The 32 off 21 against Sudurpaschim Royals in the opener, with four fours and a six, was his best — and it came in a game Pokhara lost by six wickets. He has not passed 13 since, which is the story of a bowler who bats rather than a batter who bowls. Two must-win matches remain, and Pokhara need his bowling more than his batting now.

Where Pokhara Avengers stand

Mahedi’s five wickets lead the side jointly; the run-in needs his control and his 3 for 24 form from the Karnali game.

The maths is brutal but simple. Pokhara sit eighth on two points from five matches, three behind Chitwan Rhinos in the last playoff place, with a net run rate of minus 0.707. Win the two remaining matches — Biratnagar Kings on Thursday 12 November and Kathmandu Gorkhas on Sunday 15 November — and they reach six points, still needing Chitwan Rhinos to lose both of theirs and net run rate to cooperate. Any other result ends the season. Full list: NPL Schedule.