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Rashid Khan is now a well-established name in the cricket fraternity. Everyone knows about his abilities with the ball and how he can turn the match in his team's favour. At the age of 22, he has achieved so much in the world of cricket and was also recently named as the captain of the Afghanistan T20 team. He has the unique ability to outfox batsmen with his mystery bowling but now it seems he will have to focus more on his batting as his family wants him to score more runs.
Rashid Khan, in a recent interview, talked about how his family is now asking him to score more runs. Even though Rashid has earned all this name and fame due to his bowling, his family says that they have seen enough of it now. They want Rashid to score some runs now.
“My bowling gives me lots of achievement and the name of Rashid Khan Khan, my batting is something I have in my pot that I can deliver when the team needs it. But still, my family say they got used to my bowling, wickets, wickets, wickets, now they want me to score some runs,” said Rashid to the Guardian.
Rashid Khan will play for Trent Rockets in the Hundred
Rashid Khan is currently in England, preparing himself to play in the inaugural edition of the Hundred. He will be representing Trent Rockets in the league. Rashid Khan is also very much excited about playing in this new format. “I am super excited about the new competition. There are some rules which are quite interesting. Our bodies are used to T20, the same format, same mentality, same game plan, but this is totally different,” said Khan.
Rashid Khan is currently positioned at number two in ICC Men's Rankings in the shortest format of the game. He has played 51 T20 matches and has claimed 95 wickets at an economy of 6.22. While playing in the IPL, he has claimed 85 wickets from 69 matches.