The inaugural season of the International League T20 is set to be played at three venues in UAE. Even though Sharjah has been a batters' paradise, the bowlers have oftentimes stepped up to exploit the conditions. 

Sharjah will host their first ILT20 match on January 17th (Tuesday), where Moeen Ali-led Sharjah Warriors will clash against Kieron Pollard-led MI Emirates. 

A total of eight 5-wicket hauls have been registered in Sharjah in T20s. Here are the best bowling figures and 5-fers in T20s at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah. 

6/16 – All-rounder Ravi Bopara picked up 6 wickets for just 16 runs in a PSL match against Lahore Qalandars in 2016 while playing for Karachi Kings. 

5/7 – In the same PSL season, Shaheen Afridi picked up 5 wickets for just 7 runs while playing for Peshawar Zalmi against Quetta Gladiators.

5/13 – Afghanistan's Samiullah Shinwari picked up 5 wickets for 13 runs against Kenya in 2013. Apart from these three, Dawlat Zadran, Danial Ahmed, Qais Ahmed, Mujeerb-ur-Rehman and Ben Cutting have picked up 5-fers in T20s at Sharjah Cricket Stadium. 

Here are the most runs conceded by a bowler in T20s at Sharjah Cricket Stadium. 

64 runs – Indian pacer Siddharth Kaul has the unwanted record of conceding the most runs in Sharjah in T20s. Playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad, the right-arm pacer gave away 64 runs in his 4 overs against Mumbai Indians in IPL 2020. 

57 runs – Sri Lankan pacer Isuru Udana gave away 57 runs in his 4 overs while playing for Paktia Panthers against Kabul Zwanan in a 2018 APL match. 

56 runs – Three bowlers rank joint third in conceding the most runs in a T20 match at Sharjah. Amit Mishra gave away 56 runs while playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2014, while Zimbabwe's Chamu Chibhabha gave away 56 runs against Afghanistan in 2016. Lungi Ngidi also conceded 56 runs while representing Chennai Super Kings in an IPL 2020 match against Rajasthan Royals.

T20 Hat-tricks at Sharjah Cricket Stadium:

A total of 5 hat-tricks have been registered at Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Imran Tahir was the first bowler to do so as he registered a hat-trick for Multan Sultans against Quetta Gladiators in a PSL 2018 match. 

Ben Cutting took a hat-trick for Kandahar Knights against Nangarhar Leopards in the same year in the Afghanistan Premier League match. 

Mohammad Sami did a hat-trick in PSL 2019 match while playing for Islamabad United against Peshawar Zalmi. 

The T20 World Cup 2021 saw two hat-tricks in Sharjah – Sri Lankan spinner Wanindu Hasaranga performed the first one against South Africa while the African pacer Kagiso Rabada did a hat-trick against England.