Asghar Afghan, Rashid Khan
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We often come across the cricketers expressing their appreciation to the fellow cricketers by gifting their personal kits. In one of those stories, the Indian skipper Virat Kohli gave a bat to Rashid Khan for his exceptional performance in the world cricket.

Rashid Khan even used the bat against Ireland, where he smashed it brilliantly for the team. He smashed the ball out of the park with ease, which made him believe that he can deliver the goods with the bat.

Besides Virat Kohli, Rashid Khan received bats from David Warner and also from KL Rahul, which is special for him. The Afghanistan star cricketer wants to make the most of those bats and deliver those goods for the team during the World Cup.

Rashid Khan, Virat Kohli
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“When you are (learning) the skills of batting, you need to have a good bat. I got a few from the players. I got one from Virat (Kohli), I got from Davey (David Warner), I got one from KL Rahul and those are special bats. That will help me to make some runs in the World Cup,” said Rashid Khan.

Asghar Afghan took it from my bag – Rashid Khan

In between, Rashid Khan revealed that his skipper Asghar Afghan has taken the bat from him after the knock against Ireland. Further, he went on to reveal his wish saying that Afghan would fail with the bat of Virat Kohli so that he could get that back in his kit.

“When I was batting with the bat against Ireland, I flicked one for four – I wanted to hit a boundary and it went for six. I was like ‘what happened? That went for six? I was like ‘there is something in the bat’. I loved the bat. It was like every ball I hit went for six. There was something special in that bat. As soon as I came to the pavillion, our previous captain Asghar Afghan, he came up to me and said, ‘give me that bat’ and I was like ‘oh no’.

“He had already taken it out from my bag and put it in his own bag. That was a special bat, from a special player as well. He took that bat and I hope he doesn’t do well with that and gives it back,” said Rashid Khan.

Well, it would be interesting to see how things would pan out for Rashid Khan in the ongoing ICC World Cup 2019. He will be in the action when Afghanistan lock horns with Australia on Saturday.