9 wickets… Rashid Khan created a blast in T20, created trouble for the batsmen

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|15-12-2024

Afghanistan's star spinner Rashid Khan is looking in great form these days. Even in the T20 series against Zimbabwe, Rashid Khan became a trouble for the batsmen. Rashid Khan bowled a captaincy spell in the last match of the T20 series against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club in Harare, due to which the host team got bundled out cheaply. Rashid was the most successful bowler of his team in this match. He lined up the wickets and every single Zimbabwean batsman was seen struggling against his bowling.

Rashid Khan created a stir

Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan gave runs at an economy of only 6.75 in the last match of the series against Zimbabwe. He spent only 27 runs in his 4 overs and made 4 batsmen his victims. He made Faraz Akram, Tashinga Musekiwa, Richard Ngarawa and Blessing Muzarabani his victims. Due to this strong performance of Rashid, Zimbabwe team was all out after scoring 127 runs in 19.5 overs. Earlier, Rashid had also performed well in the first two matches of the series.

Let us tell you, in the first match of the series, Rashid Khan gave only 26 runs in the spell of 4 overs and took 2 wickets in his name. At the same time, in the second match of the series, Rashid gave only 20 runs with an economy of 5 in a spell of 4 overs and made 3 batsmen his victims. That means Rashid took a total of 9 wickets during this series and gave runs at an economy of 6.08. He was also the bowler who took the most wickets in the series for his team.

Do or die match for both the teams

Let us tell you, this series is currently tied at 1-1. In such a situation, whoever wins this match, the series will also be in her name. In this important match, Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bowl first. Afghanistan's bowlers also proved this decision of the captain correct. Zimbabwe lost wickets continuously in this innings due to which it could not play even 20 overs. Brian Bennett scored the maximum 31 runs during this period, apart from him no other player could touch the figure of 30 runs. On the other hand, apart from Rashid for Afghanistan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Azmatullah Omarzai took 2 wickets each.

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