Rashid Khan will not be able to play Test cricket for this long now! Injury puts his career in danger
Veteran Rashid Khan has faced a lot of trouble due to injuries recently. Rashid Khan. (Image Source: Twitter) Afghanistan’s key leg-spinner Rashid Khan has been ruled out of the team’s preliminary 20-man squad for the one-off Test against New Zealand due to a back injury. The cricketer reportedly suffered the injury while playing in Afghanistan’s T20 tournament Shpageeza Cricket League last month. The Afghanistan Cricket Board on Monday, August 26 announced a 20-member preliminary squad for the one-off Test against New Zealand to be played from September 9 to September 13 in Greater Noida. But Rashid Khan’s name was not in this team. After which questions started arising in everyone’s mind whether he is fine or not. In fact, the star cricketer had earlier also been ruled out of The Hundred due to a hamstring injury. Not only this, ESPNcricinfo’s Thursday report quoted the Afghanistan team management as saying that Rashid had suffered a back injury in the Shpageeza Cricket League. According to the report, Rashid suffered back pain during this match, due to which he also missed the next game. Rashid Khan ruled out of Test cricket due to injury Veteran Rashid Khan has faced a lot of trouble with injuries recently. He underwent surgery for a back injury after the ODI World Cup held in India in October-November last year. He returned to the field during the T20 series against Ireland in March this year. Without Rashid Khan, Afghanistan will face a tough challenge in the one-off Test against New Zealand at the Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground next month. Members of the 20-member preliminary squad have begun training in Greater Noida without their star spinner. Rashid Khan will be out of Test cricket for a long time According to reports, he will not be able to play the Test format anytime soon as the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) will keep him out of the game for several months to manage his workload following last year’s back surgery. Rashid Khan’s Test career In five Test matches, Rashid Khan has taken 34 wickets at an average of 22.35, including four five-wicket hauls and two ten-wicket hauls. Overall, Afghanistan has played nine Test matches, winning three and losing six. They have lost the last three Test matches.
VIDEO: 4,4,4,6,6,6,6,6,6,6…. Rashid Khan created a ruckus with his power hitting, scored a half century in 26 balls
Rashid Khan scored the fastest half-century of the tournament, scoring 53 runs in 26 balls at a strike rate of 203.84. Rashid Khan (Photo Source: Afghanistan’s star player Rashid Khan is currently seen playing for Spin Ghar Tigers in the Shpageeza Cricket League 2024. Rashid Khan’s team had to face defeat by 26 runs (under DLS) in the last match against Amo Sharks. But Rashid won the hearts of the fans with his dashing batting. In the rain-affected match, Amo Sharks batted first and scored 166 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 17 overs. Spin Ghar Tigers got a DLS target of 139 runs in 12 overs to win, but the team could only score 112 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. Rashid Khan’s explosive batting stole the show While chasing the target in the match against Amo Sharks, Spin Ghar Tigers lost 5 wickets for just 20 runs. No batsman was able to reach double digit score. However, captain Rashid Khan made the condition of the opposing bowlers worse with his power hitting. Rashid Khan scored the fastest half-century of the tournament, scoring 53 runs in 26 balls at a strike rate of 203.84. Rashid Khan hit three fours and 6 sixes in his innings. The enchanting Khan also played some unusual shots, including a no-look shot. He also tried to hit a helicopter shot. Watch the video of Rashid Khan’s batting here- ,@RashidKhan_19 brought the heat and pure entertainment this afternoon to leave everyone thrilled!#SCL9 , #SCL2024 , #shpageeza , #SGTvAS pic.twitter.com/pDNRU2n3DG — Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) August 20, 2024 Rashid also made a big contribution with the ball Rashid Khan shared a 73-run partnership with Ikram Ali Khil and brought the team back into the game. He hit three consecutive sixes in 4 balls in an over bowled by Mohammad Gul Alizai. The all-rounder then lost his wicket against Mohammad Gul Alizai in the 9th over. Rashid also contributed with the ball, taking one wicket for 20 runs in a spell of three overs.
BBL 2024-25: Rashid Khan will not play the upcoming season of Big Bash League, know the big reason here?
Rashid did not play the last BBL season due to injury Rashid Khan (Image Credit- Twitter X) Former Afghanistan cricket team captain and veteran spin bowler Rashid Khan will not be seen playing in the upcoming season of the Big Bash League. It is worth noting that before this he did not play the last season of BBL due to injury. So now the news is coming that he has not registered himself for the player draft for the upcoming season of the tournament. Also, if reports are to be believed, Rashid has already told this to his franchise Adelaide Strikers, which wanted to retain him before the player draft. Because of this Rashid Khan will not play BBL It is worth noting that before the start of the 2023 Big Bash League season, Rashid Khan had decided not to play in the BBL, boycotting it, as Cricket Australia had refused to play bilateral series due to the Taliban’s treatment of women in the sport in Afghanistan. However, after this Rashid Khan changed his mind and expressed his desire to play in the tournament, but later he could not play due to injury. So Australian fans were waiting for Rashid’s return in the upcoming BBL season, but now he has not registered himself for this tournament. On the other hand, after this decision of Rashid, it is believed that he is opposing Cricket Australia. However, according to news agency AAP, the officials have no problem with his views and he will be welcomed in the country whenever he wants to play. They also believe that Rashid will not play in the BBL due to his busy schedule, not because he wants to boycott it. Also, if we give you information about Rashid’s performance in BBL, he is the most successful bowler as a foreign spinner. Rashid has taken a total of 98 wickets in 69 matches played for Adelaide Strikers in the tournament.
Rashid Khan returns in the upcoming season of SA20, will strengthen the bowling department of MI Cape Town again
Rashid Khan captained MI Cape Town in the first season of SA20 but the ace spinner couldn’t take part in the last season due to an injury. Rashid Khan. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) In the third season of SA20, Afghanistan’s best spinner Rashid Khan will be seen playing for MI Cape Town. Apart from Rashid Khan, his Afghanistan teammate Azmatullah Umarzai will also be seen playing for the same franchise. Let us tell you, both these players performed very well for Afghanistan in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 played in West Indies and USA and won the hearts of all the fans. Rashid Khan captained MI Cape Town in the first season of SA20 but the best spinner was unable to participate in the last season due to injury. Rashid Khan has taken 9 wickets in 10 matches at an average of 30. Talking about Azmatullah Umarzai, his performance has always been very good in international cricket. Not only this, this experienced all-rounder has also left his mark in franchise league cricket. Let us tell you, Azmatullah Umarzai has so far participated in the Indian Premier League, Pakistan Super League, Lanka Premier League, Caribbean Premier League and Global T20 Canada. Recently, in the Global T20 Canada tournament, Azmatullah Umarzai took 11 wickets while playing for Montreal Tigers. He was the highest wicket-taker from his team. Not only this, MI Cape Town has retained Sri Lanka’s powerful fast bowler Nuwan Thusara. Nuwan Thusara has taken 8 wickets in five matches in this tournament at an average of 19.25. South Africa’s Chris Benjamin has also been retained by MI Cape Town. Mujeeb Ur Rahman will be seen playing for Paarl Royals in the upcoming season of SA20 Afghanistan’s Mujeeb Ur Rahman will be seen playing for Paarl Royals in the upcoming season of this important tournament. Mujeeb Ur Rahman is also a very experienced spinner and he can be seen putting pressure on the opposing team’s batsmen in the SA20 tournament. This is the real status of Pakistan..! Match tickets are being sold for peanuts This player has won the most “Player of the Series” awards The coach had caught hold of Sehwag’s collar, Veeru got furious and then… Anjali’s mother considered Sachin Tendulkar a ‘PLAYBOY’ and then… Top 5 batsmen who scored the most runs for India since 2020 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024?
Video: Rashid Khan hit a more powerful helicopter shot than Dhoni in the off side, this player is the AI of cricket
Rashid Khan played a brilliant innings in which he scored 13 runs in 8 balls, this innings included a six and a four. Rashid Khan Off Side Helicopter shot (Source Rashid Khan Helicopter Shot in The Hundred: Rashid Khan stunned fans with an off-side helicopter shot reminiscent of MS Dhoni’s signature move during The Hundred 2024 match between Welsh Fire and Trent Rockets on Saturday. Luke Wells was the bowler against whom Rashid Khan used some great wrist work to hit a helicopter shot. Tom Kohler-Cadmore tried his best to stop the six near the boundary but could not succeed despite his best efforts. This amazing shot from Rashid Khan will remind you of former Indian captain MS Dhoni. The ball was not too high when the charismatic Khan hit it, but it was enough to trick Kohler-Cadmore, who despite jumping at long-off, could not stop the ball and the ball went for a six outside the boundary line. Video- Rashid Khan Off Side Helicopter Shot in The Hundred 2024 🌟 Rashid Khan 6 alert! It’s that helicopter shot again🚁#TheHundred , @rashidkhan_19 pic.twitter.com/mAbBwXzytH — The Hundred (@thehundred) August 3, 2024 Rashid Khan played a brilliant innings in which he scored 13 runs in 8 balls. This innings included a six and a four. But even after this, his team Trent Rockets fell short in chasing the target of 130 runs. The team’s innings ended at 125/8, with Alex Hales being the top scorer for the team by scoring 23 runs in 16 balls. Talking about the first innings of the match, Jonny Bairstow performed brilliantly for Welsh Fire by scoring 55 runs in 45 balls. With his efforts, his team scored 129/6 on a challenging pitch for batting. Bairstow received the Player of the Match award for his innings. The match saw some thrilling moments, especially Rashid Khan’s helicopter shot which brought back memories of MS Dhoni’s best shots. Despite the defeat, fans got to see an entertaining game filled with great performances. Trent Rockets are currently fourth in the table with 4 points from four matches. On the other hand, Welsh Fire are also on the same points with the same number of matches but are second due to a better net run rate.
Rashid Khan Horizontal Bat Helicopter Shot Video: Rashid Khan invented a new type of helicopter shot
Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan batted explosively in the eliminator match played between MI New York and Texas Super Kings. Rashid Khan Horizontal Bat Helicopter Shot Video (Source Rashid Khan Horizontal Bat Helicopter Shot Video: Afghanistan’s star all-rounder Rashid Khan batted explosively in the Major League Cricket (MLC) played in America. Batting for MI New York, Rashid Khan performed brilliantly against Texas Super Kings. During his innings, Rashid Khan played a ‘helicopter shot’ which left everyone present in the stadium surprised. This video of Rashid’s shot is currently going viral on social media. Rashid Khan’s helicopter shot video went viral ूू. 💙🙈🙈🙈!#OneFamily #MINewYork #CognizantMajorLeagueCricket #MINYvTSK , @rashidkhan_19 pic.twitter.com/qgAGx29l3M — MI New York (@MINYCricket) July 25, 2024 Rashid Khan played a brilliant innings Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan batted explosively in the eliminator match played between MI New York and Texas Super Kings. But Rashid Khan’s batting was not enough to give MI New York team victory. Although Rashid could not win, his explosive innings won the hearts of the audience. Rashid Khan scored 55 runs in 30 balls while batting. Rashid hit 4 fours and 4 brilliant sixes during his innings. Batting first in this match, MI New York scored 163 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Batting for MI New York, Rashid Khan scored 55 runs. After this Monak Patel scored 48 runs. Due to the brilliant innings of these two, the team scored 163 runs. I’m not in danger I’m the danger – Rashid Khan pic.twitter.com/IGyy3tTfJS — Mumbai Indians FC (@MIPaltanFamily) July 25, 2024 Chasing this challenge, the Texas Super Kings team lost 1 wicket and achieved the target in 18.3 overs. Faf du Plessis scored 72 runs in 47 balls. Du Plessis hit 6 fours and 3 brilliant sixes during his innings. Then Dwayne Conway played a brilliant unbeaten innings of 51 runs and Aaron Hardy played a stormy innings of 40 runs. Texas Super Kings won this match by 9 wickets.
MLC 2024: Glenn Maxwell went to hit a switch-hit to Rashid Khan, you won’t believe what happened on the next ball
When Rashid Khan was bowling the 16th over of the innings, he went for a switch hit on the very first ball of Rashid Khan but failed. Rashid Khan vs Glenn Maxwell (Source X) The MLC 2024 tournament is going on and a match was played between Washington Freedom (WSF) and MI New York (MINY) on 16 July. A clip of this match is becoming quite viral in which Glenn Maxwell of Washington Freedom fell prey to Rashid Khan while trying to hit a switch hit shot and got out while trying to hit a style. In fact, when Rashid was bowling the 16th over of the innings, he went for a switch hit on the very first ball of Rashid Khan but failed. After that, Rashid Khan threw a flat ball and foiled his switch hit attempt again and blew his stumps. WSF vs MINY: Let’s watch this amazing video of Rashid Khan Bowled’em, #OneFamily #MINewYork #CognizantMajorLeagueCricket #MINYvWF pic.twitter.com/KrCfXghH8O — MI New York (@MINYCricket) July 17, 2024 Washington Freedom (WSF) displayed brilliant batting and scored a mammoth total of 182/5 in 20 overs. Travis Head had his traditional fast start and scored 54 runs in 33 balls with the help of nine fours and two sixes. Andries Gaus of the United States supported him well by scoring 59 runs in 48 balls. Earlier, Rachin Ravindra scored 31 runs in 14 balls to take WSF past the 180-run mark. As for Rashid, he finished with slightly expensive figures of 2/39 from four overs but took his wicket tally to six from four matches in the tournament at an impressive average of 15. Meanwhile, Maxwell has been in disappointing form for WSF this season, averaging just 12.50 and striking at 100 from five matches. In response, MI New York’s team, which came out to chase the target, collapsed after scoring just 88 runs. Rimario Shepherd scored the highest 25 runs for the team and all the other batsmen could not even cross the 10 mark. At the same time, Jasdeep Singh took the maximum of 3 wickets.
After Afghanistan was out of the semi-finals, captain Rashid Khan took an oath, read what it is?
Afghanistan lost in the semi-finals and their dream of playing in the final was shattered, but they will be very proud of their team’s performance throughout the tournament. Rashid Khan (Pic Source X) The first semi-final match of the T20 World Cup 2024 was played between South Africa and Afghanistan on 27 June at 6 am. South Africa defeated Afghanistan to enter the T20 World Cup final for the first time in their history. The first semi-final match of this year’s World Cup was played between South Africa and Afghanistan at the Brian Lara Cricket Stadium in Trinidad. With this, Afghanistan team’s dream of playing the World Cup final for the first time remained unfulfilled. South Africa won this match by 9 wickets. Afghanistan team could not withstand the pressure Let us tell you that Afghanistan was all out for 56 runs while batting first. In reply, South Africa achieved the target of 57 runs in 8.5 overs. For South Africa, Reeza Hendricks returned unbeaten after scoring 29 runs and captain Aiden Markram returned unbeaten after scoring 23 runs. Fazalhaq Farooqi took the only wicket for Afghanistan. The only batsman from Afghanistan to reach double figures was Azmatullah Umarzai who scored 10 runs. No other batsman could cross the double-digit mark. For South Africa, Marco Johnson and Tabrez Shamsi took 3-3 wickets while Anrich Norkhia and Kagiso Rabada took two wickets each. Afghanistan’s performance in T20 World Cup 2024 Even though Afghanistan lost in the semi-finals and their dream of playing in the final was dashed, they will be very proud of their team’s performance throughout the tournament. Afghanistan caught the attention of the cricket world with their performance during the T20 World Cup 2024. They finished the competition as the second-best Asian team after India and ahead of Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Afghanistan also won against New Zealand in the group stage and Australia during the Super 8s to knock the 2021 champions out of the competition. Afghanistan’s next big tournament will be the Champions Trophy next year. Rashid Khan made a promise to the fans After the semi-final defeat, captain Rashid Khan posted a post on social media praising his and his teammates’ efforts. The Afghan captain said the team will always remember the T20 World Cup and thanked his teammates for their fight. Along with this, Rashid Khan promised the fans that he will continue his performance in the upcoming tournaments to be played in the future. The star spinner also thanked the fans for believing in the team and inspiring them to fight during the T20 World Cup. “We will remember this #T20WorldCup forever!” “The fight put in by every single player on this team is commendable and I am really proud of all of us!” Rashid said, “We will continue to move forward from here and come back with more courage in the next match. Thanks to everyone who believed in us and helped us keep fighting.” See Rashid Khan’s Instagram post Rashid Khan (Pic Source X)
“Revenge on Australia is complete” Rohit Sharma- Rashid Khan’s dance video on Natu-Natu song goes viral
Australia has been defeated only by Afghanistan and India in the tournament. With this, they were eliminated from the T20 World Cup. Rohit Sharma and Rashid Khan (Pic Source X) This year’s T20 World Cup has now reached its final stage. Out of the 20 teams that played the Super 8 matches, the top-4 teams have now been decided, who are ready to register their name in the World Cup. These 4 teams will be seen playing in the semi-finals this year. After Afghanistan’s victory over Bangladesh, all the equations became clear. Not only this, Afghanistan has entered the semi-finals with a brilliant and historic performance and has shown Australia the way out of the tournament. With this, now everyone is waiting for the semi-finals. Let us tell you that, Bangladesh, Australia, Afghanistan and India were present in Group 1 of Super 8. Australia and India were contenders for the top 4, but the presence of the Kangaroo team in the race for the final was no less than a threat for Team India. Obviously, India’s dream of winning the ICC trophy in the World Test Championship, ODI World Cup 2023 has not been fulfilled yet because of Australia. Afghanistan and India showed Australia the way out There are now 4 contenders for the T20 World Cup title, India and Afghanistan in the first group while England and South Africa in the second group have reached the semi-finals. South Africa and England had already confirmed their place. After this, when India defeated Australia, the position of Team India was also decided. The fate of only three teams depended on the Afghanistan-Bangladesh match. Before the match ended, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Australia were also contenders for the semi-finals, but Afghanistan not only managed to defeat Bangladesh, but also crossed all the obstacles and entered the semi-finals for the first time. After Australia’s exit from the tournament, the danger was averted for all the four teams. Not only this, India also avenged its humiliating defeat in the ODI World Cup final and Afghanistan in its last ODI match. Disney Hotstar’s video goes viral after it was out of Australia Australia has been defeated only by Afghanistan and India in this tournament. With this, they were eliminated from the T20 World Cup. Now a video of Disney Hotstar is going viral on social media whose caption is “Badla Poora”. Along with this, a video clip of the Natu-Natu song has been added in the video in which both the heroes knock down the third guy and throw him out. This funny meme video is going viral. Let’s see- Badla PooRRRa! 💙💙💙#ExpectTheUnexpected #TeamIndia #Afghanistan #Australia #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/mrs58mrf06 — Shubham Srivastava (@Shubham192223) June 25, 2024
“Only Brian Lara had faith in us, I promised him that…”- Rashid Khan said after reaching the semi-finals
Rashid Khan (Photo Source: Getty Images) Afghanistan has created history in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024. By defeating Bangladesh in the Super-8 stage of the tournament, the team managed to reach the semi-finals of this marquee event. With this, they knocked Australia out of the T20 World Cup. Let us tell you that before the T20 World Cup 2024, many cricket legends had predicted the names of the top-4 teams, but there was only one legendary player who predicted Afghanistan in the top-4. Ambati Rayudu picked India, England, New Zealand and South Africa, while Sunil Gavaskar chose India, England, Australia and West Indies as his four semi-finalists. Only legendary former cricketer Brian Lara picked India, England, West Indies and Afghanistan as his top four. Rashid Khan had made a special promise to Brian Lara Former West Indies cricketer Brian Lara had named India, Afghanistan, England and West Indies, out of which three teams have reached the semi-finals, while West Indies failed to reach the semi-finals. Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan remembered Brian Lara’s prediction and he promised Lara before the start of the tournament that he would do this and he also fulfilled his promise. After Afghanistan’s victory against Bangladesh, captain Rashid Khan revealed what he had talked to Brian Lara. There was only one person who predicted us to reach the semi-finals… Brian Lara, and we proved him right. In the welcome party before the tournament, I told him, ‘We will not disappoint you, we will reach the semi-finals and prove you right.’ I am proud of this team. India, England and South Africa had already confirmed their semi-final tickets in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. At the same time, with Afghanistan’s victory over Bangladesh, Australia’s dream of reaching the semi-finals was shattered and Bangladesh was out of the semi-final race in the middle of the match.