Gujarat Titans (GT) veteran spinner Rashid Khan has added his identify to an undesirable record. He has conceded probably the most sixes (31) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) season. Rashid, the primary Afghan participant within the IPL, has equalled the report of conceding probably the most variety of sixes with GT’s front-line seamer Mohammed Siraj. He was smashed for 3 sixes on Sunday throughout his outing towards the Chennai Tremendous Kings within the ongoing IPL on the iconic Narendra Modi Stadium. It was GT’s final league stage match, and Rashid ended the group stage with 9 wickets in 14 matches, his worst common of 53.66 since his IPL debut in 2017.
If he cannot choose two wickets within the playoffs, it will be his worst-ever season within the league.
Rashid joined Gujarat Titans in 2022, the place he took 19 wickets to assist them safe the IPL title of their debut season. In 2023, he claimed 27 wickets, together with GT’s first-ever IPL hat-trick towards Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), and dazzled with a blistering 79* off 32 balls towards Mumbai Indians (MI).
In 135 IPL matches, Rashid has grabbed 158 wickets, with a mean of 23.63 and an economic system of seven. For GT, he took 65 wickets in 59 matches earlier he was with Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Coming to the match, fifties from Devon Conway and Dewald Brevis powered Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) to 230/5 in 20 overs towards Gujarat Titans (GT).
This was the very best rating of Chennai this season. CSK skipper MS Dhoni gained the toss and elected to bat. Ayush Mhatre and Devon Conway opened the innings for CSK; after a quiet first over from GT seamer Mohammed Siraj, Mhatre charged Arshad Khan within the second over, smashing him for 28 runs.
Chennai crossed the 200 runs mark within the 18th over; this was CSK’s first 200 rating this season, batting first.
Brevis accomplished his second fifty of the season in simply 19 balls. Brevis and Jadeja smashed 20 runs off Siraj within the nineteenth over.
CSK completed their 20 overs on 230/5, the very best rating of Chennai this season.
In bowling, Prasidh Krishna (2/22) was the choose of the bowler for Gujarat, whereas Rashid Khan, Sai Kishore and Shahrukh Khan picked a wicket every.
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