It was all Rashid Khan show in the sixth game of Indian Premier League (IPL) as the young leg-spinner from Afghanistan played a crucial role in toppling Gujarat’s middle order. Rashid bowled a spell of 4-0-19-3 to keep Gujarat Lions under check. His three scalps included Brendon McCullum, skipper Suresh Raina, and Aaron finch. All the three batsmen fell in the same fashion in form of LBW, which shows that they failed to read the change that Rashid made whilst bowling.
The visitors scored 135 runs allotted quota of 20 overs. They had a poor start as they lost three wickets for a score of 42, which included like of Jason Roy, who was the only batsman to score runs at the top. Dinesh Karthik and Dwayne Smith though shared 56 runs for the fifth wicket to steer team par a score of 100. Smith was the top scorer for them with an innings of 37 whereas Dinesh Karthik too played an innings of 30 in conditions that favoured spinners.
Sunrisers bowlers made most out of the hot weather in Hyderabad and spinners made merry out of it. Here is twitter reacted to bowling effort of Sunrisers Hyderabad –
3rd Wicket For Rashid Khan In 3 Overs With Only 12 Runs.
He's Going To Be To Contender For Purple Cap This Season.#GLvSRH #SRHvGL #IPL
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) April 9, 2017
Some wonderful piece of wrist work by @rashidkhan_19 . A fantastic spell, that. Afghanistan will be pumped! #SRHvGL #OrangeArmy
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) April 9, 2017
#SRH reaping the benefits of looking beyond traditional ponds to fish in. Bangladesh last year for the "Fizz", now Afghanistan for Rashid
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 9, 2017
Rashid Khan from Afghanistan is a gem! Exposing how the modern day batsman struggles to quality spin.. find of IPL 2017! #SRHvGL
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) April 9, 2017
Yet to see a batsman stepping out to Rashid Khan. Testimony to the mystery he's stitched around his deliveries. Well done. #SRHvGL #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 9, 2017
Rashid Khan bowling so well!! #SRHvGL
— Moeen Ali (@MoeenAli) April 9, 2017
Rashid Khan you beauty. In the land of the Hyderabadi biryani the Chicken Afghani making a serious statement. @SunRisers @IPL #SRHvGL pic.twitter.com/o31NgQ5quL
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) April 9, 2017
“In the land of Hyderabadi Biryani, Chicken Afghani is making a big statement”
What is the procedure to make Ravi Shastri retire?#SRHvGL
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) April 9, 2017
Rashid Khan Is Ripping The Gujarat Lions Apart. Brilliant Bowling Display Coming From #Afghanistan. ??#GLvSRH #SRHvGL #IPL #IPL2017 #SRH pic.twitter.com/9RmFJQBDBb
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) April 9, 2017
And Rashid gets another – McCullum, Finch and Raina – that’s a pretty handy list of scalps #SRHvGL
— Hemant (@hemantbuch) April 9, 2017
Dhawal Kulkarni batting in top 7 for the first time in his Twenty20 career. Says a lot about the dangerous Gujarat Lions’ batting.
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) April 9, 2017
Rashid Khan’s Twenty20 career:
0 wickets – 5 times
1 wicket – 10 times
2 wickets -11 times
3 wickets – 8 times
5 wickets – 1 times#SRHvGL— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) April 9, 2017