Rasikh Salam played an important role in Delhi’s victory against Gujarat.
Medium pacer Rasikh Salam bowled brilliantly for Delhi Capitals against Gujarat Titans yesterday on 24th April. It is noteworthy that the 40th match of the ongoing season of IPL 2024 was played between Gujarat and Delhi at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
In the match, Delhi achieved a thrilling win over Gujarat by 4 runs, while Rasikh Salam played an important role in Delhi’s victory. Let us tell you that while batting first, Delhi set a target of 225 runs for Gujarat to win on the basis of the amazing batting of Akshar Patel (66) and Rishabh Pant (88*).
So when Gujarat set out to chase this target, it could score only 220 runs and unfortunately lost the match by 4 runs. Rasikh was included in the match as an impact player and he really made an impact with his performance in the match.
Let us tell you that he spent 44 runs in the 4 overs bowled in his quota, and took the wicket of Sai Sudarshan (65), who batted brilliantly for GT in the match. Apart from this, he also took the wickets of Shahrukh Khan (8) and Sai Kishore (13). Apart from this, an excellent catch in fielding, David Miller (55) was also shown the way to the pavilion. In such a situation, the question might be coming in your mind that who is this player Rasikh Salaam who performed amazingly in the match. So let us answer your question:
Know who is Rasikh Salam
Let us tell you that the 24-year-old cricketer plays for Jammu and Kashmir in domestic cricket. So in December 2018, he was included in their team by Mumbai Indians during the player auction for the 2019 IPL, and he became the third cricketer to play from Jammu and Kashmir in the IPL.
However, this year itself BCCI had banned the cricketer for two years after tampering in the birth certificate. After this, KKR included Rasikh in the IPL 2022 auction, but after his release from here, he is playing for the Delhi Capitals franchise. Rasikh has played a total of 6 matches in IPL.