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Rashid has played match-winning knocks for Gujarat against against Chennai Super Kings (40 off 21) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (31 not out off 11) under pressure situations. However, the premier leg-spinner has picked only eight wickets in eight matches with an economy of 7.09 for the Hardik Pandya-led Gujara in the ongoing season .
Rashid said that while his primary role will continue to remain as that of a bowler, he has been upgrading his batting skill for the last 2-3 years, especially as a finisher, much like Mahendra Singh Dhoni, to lend solidity to his franchise down the order.
Outstanding performance by @rashidkhan_19 https://t.co/sp3BGoM88h
— Mohammad Nabi (@MohammadNabi007) 1651083822000
“From the last two-three years, I’ve been working on my batting. I have that self-belief that I should be there and finishing for the team,” Rashid said after his blitz with the bat against Hyderabad at the Wankhede Stadium on April 27. Gujarat won that match by five wickets in a thrilling finish.
“I have those skills and talent but it was just about the confidence in myself, that I could finish. The best thing is I get more opportunity here in this team to bat.”
Facing his former franchise Hyderabad, Rashid showed how devastating his batting could be, slamming an unbeaten 31 off just 11 balls as Gujarat completed an improbable chase of 195 to halt Hyderabad’s winning run.
Does Rashid Khan with the bat also remind you of Leander Paes at the net. Such fast hands ….
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) 1651082483000
Rashid walked in with the Titans 140/5 in 16 overs, all five wickets falling to Umran Malik’s pace. There were 56 runs needed from the last four overs, but in Rashid and Rahul Tewatia, Gujarat had two men familiar with conjuring victories out of nothing. Rashid finished it off with three sixes in four balls, the last two coming off the final two balls when nine were needed for victory.
There was a hint of MS Dhoni’s helicopter, and a bit of a hockey player’s drag-flick, but the end product was all Rashid. “The snake shot” is what he calls it, because of the way the wrists uncoil and strike.
This is what the #TataIPL is all about, you fight till the end! @rahultewatia02 I am glad we could get those runs… https://t.co/C6IuFQGHy0
— Rashid Khan (@rashidkhan_19) 1651087903000
But his four overs leaked 45 runs, which is Rashid’s third-worst figures in IPL.
On his mediocre bowling, the spinner said, “I think I didn’t bowl as well as I should have. I bowled four-five bad deliveries and was punished and that is something I had in my mind. On a wicket like this, you can’t miss your line and length, and that is something I have done.”
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