IPL 2020: ‘He is on target every single time’ – Sunil Gavaskar all praise for Rashid Khan

IPL 2020: ‘He is on target every single time’ – Sunil Gavaskar all praise for Rashid Khan

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Rashid Khan

Following Sunrisers Hyderabad’s (SRH) win against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in the Indian Premier League, former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has heaped praise on SRH leg-spinner Rashid Khan who bowled a match-winning spell. Winning the toss and electing to bat first, SRH piled up 201 runs on the board courtesy of Jonny Bairstow’s 97 and a half-century by David Warner.

In the chase, Nicholas Pooran of KXIP was the only one who put on a fight while the other batsmen fell like a pack of cards. The pick of the bowlers was Rashid Khan who returned figures of 3-12 in 4 overs. His three-wicket haul included the key wicket of Pooran.

‘Every single captain would want Rashid in their team’ – Gavaskar

Sunil Gavaskar

Former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar spoke highly of Rashid Khan after the match saying, “You ask all the captains of the franchises, which is the one bowler that they want in their team, I am pretty certain every one of them will say ‘give me Rashid’. I am pretty certain. There might be the odd bowler who might get offended but look at the way he goes about his job,”

“He picks up wickets, creates dot balls. Look at the economy – 3 for 12 in 4 overs. Leg-spinners generally bowls a full toss, a short ball. He hardly ever does it. He is on the target every single time, he has got a nice, well-disguised googly which comes off the back of the hand. A lot of batsmen find it difficult to pick. That kind of bowling, that kind of control, any captain will say ‘give me that bowler’,” he added.

Speaking after the match, Rashid Khan on the other hand, credited the SRH batsmen for the win saying, “That’s what happens when you have a good total on the board, the batsmen have to go after you. But you also have to bowl your best deliveries and that’s what I was trying to do. It is a big loss for us to lose Mitch Marsh and Bhuvi. As a team we still have a good combination and the youngsters are taking the responsibility.”

“We have the best bowling combination in the last 4-5 years. It was a simple plan for us, we had defended 160 on this ground, we thought 180-185 would be a good score on this wicket and anything over that we were happy. We spoke about enjoying bowling and keep working hard in the field, that is something we have seen as well from Priyam – the catch and run out – changed the game.” he signed off.

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