Rashid Khan Names Kohli, De Villiers, Russell, Gayle As Toughest Batsmen To Bowl At

“Bowling to Virat bhai, ABD, Russell and Chris Gayle is very tough on small grounds. You don’t get much support from the wicket and boundaries are short too so before the match these things come in mind,” , Rashid said

Rashid Khan

New Delhi: Afghanistan cricket team's spin spearhead Rashid Khan is considered as one of the best spinners of the current generation owing to his stellar expoits with his craft which has seen him produce some match winning performances with the ball with staggering consistency. Rashid who is known to bamboozle the best with the willow at both the international level or while playing in the high profile T20 leagues around the world named the four batsmen who are tough to bowl on small grounds according to him. Among all the batsmen he has bowled to, Rashid revealed Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle and Andre Russell as the toughest batsmen to bowl to, especially on small grounds. “Bowling to Virat bhai, ABD, Russell and Chris Gayle is very tough on small grounds. You don’t get much support from the wicket and boundaries are short too so before the match these things come in mind,” he added. Rashid who opened up on many interesting facets with Indian leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal on a Live Instagram session said that it was his dream to play in IPL and fondly recalled his first game of the tournament against Royal Challengers Bangalore. “Before IPL, I had played in Bangladesh Premier League. It was a different experience in IPL. It was a dream to play in IPL, I grew up watching it on TV. All the international players are there in the league. The coaching staff too is very experienced,” Rashid Khan said. “My debut was against you guys (RCB). I got hit for boundary for the first ball. It was a tough match for me as there was due in the ground. I was nervous, when I got my first wicket I gained confidence and after getting the second wicket I was enjoying the bowling,” the spinner said. Rashid, who has doned the national jersey for Afghanistan the four Tests, 71 ODIs and 48 T20Is for Afghanistan, added that he started taking bowling seriously towards the end of 2014. Rashid and Chahal also doned the selectors hat to pick up their combined India-Afghanistan team. The XI: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rahmat Shah, KL Rahul, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya/Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.