Finland’s Mahesh Tambe picked up the fastest-ever five-wicket haul in all men’s T20Is against Estonia during Finland’s tour of Estonia 2025 at the Estonian National Cricket and Rugby Field, Tallinn, on Monday (July 28). He took just eight balls for it, breaking Bahrain’s Junaid Aziz’s record of 10 from 2022. Finland secured a five-wicket victory in the match (the third T20) to take a 2-1 lead in the series. Opting to bowl first, Finland restricted Estonia to 141 in 19.4 overs, with Tambe producing the devastating spell to run through the middle-order, claiming wickets of Steffan Gooch, Sahil Chauhan, Muhammad Usman, Rupam Baruah and Pranay Gheewala. He finished with figures of 5/19 in two overs after taking a fifer in just 1.2 overs. Fastest fifers (by balls taken) 8 – Mahesh Tambe (Finland) v Estonia, 2025* 10 – Junaid Aziz (Bahrain) v Germany, 2022 11 – Rashid Khan (Afghanistan) v Ireland, 2017 11 – Moazzam Baig (Malawi) v Cameroon, 2024 11 – Khizer Hayat (Malaysia) v Hong Kong, 2020 Finland’s Mahesh Tambe achieves the FASTEST five-wicket haul in men’s T20Is. Fastest by balls taken 8 – Mahesh Tambe?? (Finland) v Estonia, 2025* 10 – Junaid Aziz?? (Bahrain) v Germany, 2022 11 – Rashid Khan?? (Afghanistan) v Ireland, 2017 11 – Moazzam Baig?? (Malawi) v… — Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) July 28, 2025 Estonia’s batting relied on contributions from Bilal Masud (26 off 24), Habib Khan (23 off 20), and a quickfire 23 from Sahil Chauhan, but they failed to build substantial partnerships and collapsed after a promising start at 71/2. Chasing 142, Finland was steadied by Aravind Mohan’s unbeaten 67 off 60 balls, anchoring the innings with crucial support from Faraaz Mehti Abbas (19) and Jordan O’Brien (18 off 11). Despite late strikes from Habib Khan (2/32), Finland crossed the line comfortably at 142/5 in 18.1 overs. Estonia’s lack of discipline, highlighted by 14 wides, cost them dearly as Finland took control of the series. Estonia part of another interesting record Interestingly, last year, Estonia were on the other end of an equally impressive record. Sahil Chauhan scored a century off just 27 balls for them against Cyprus at Episkopi, which is still the quickest ton in the format.