Afghanistan prodigy spinner Mujeeb ur Rahman has become the youngest to take 100 T20 wickets. Rahman who is only 18 years and 271 days old has written his name in history books. The mystery spinner bettered the record of his teammate, Rashid Khan who had achieved the same landmark when he was 18 years and 360 days old.
Meanwhile, Mujeeb Ur Rahman achieved the feat in 96 T20 matches. The off-spinner who has a glut of variations under his belt bowled Liton Das while playing for Cumilla Warriors in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League, to get his 100th victim.
Rahman has taken giant strides.
In fact, Rahman didn’t have the best of the time in the first half of the year. However, the Afghanistan spinner has turned the tides in the ongoing BPL as he has taken eight wickets in the six matches for his franchise. Consequently, he would like to continue his good form going.
Meanwhile, Mujeeb Ur Rahman is in second place in the ICC T20 rankings behind his spin partner, Rashid Khan. The talented spinner has snared 20 wickets for the national side in the 16 matches at an impressive economy rate of 5.4.
Mujeeb Ur Rahman has been right on the money.
Rahman is well known for bowling economically in the powerplay overs and he is generally right on the money. The Afghan rookie bowler shoot into limelight when he was able to hit the ground running for Kings XI Punjab in the IPL 2018.
He had a successful maiden IPL stint as he scalped 14 wickets in the 11 matches he played for the Punjab franchise under the leadership of Ravichandran Ashwin. However, Rahman was not able to replicate the same performance in IPL 2019 as he took a beating in the cash-rich tournament.
The off-spinner conceded his runs at a high economy rate of 10.05. Ergo, he could play only five matches for the club in which he took three wickets.