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IPL 2022: Great Brian Lara’s very cheeky statement, ‘Rashid Khan not much of a wicket-taker’

IPL 2022: Great Brian Lara’s very cheeky statement, ‘Rashid Khan not much of a wicket-taker’

IPL 2022: Brian Lara- Rashid Khan Cricket legend & Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) batting coach Brian Lara has dropped a very cheeky comment on Gujarat Titans (GT) spinner Rashid Khan. He feels that Afghanistan’s spin hero is ‘not much of a wicket-taker’. The cheeky reply comes even as Rashid became the fastest overseas player with 100 […]

IPL 2022: Brian Lara- Rashid Khan Cricket legend & Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) batting coach Brian Lara has dropped a very cheeky comment on Gujarat Titans (GT) spinner Rashid Khan. He feels that Afghanistan’s spin hero is ‘not much of a wicket-taker’. The cheeky reply comes even as Rashid became the fastest overseas player with 100 wickets in IPL. Follow all the IPL 2022 live updates on InsideSport.IN

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IPL 2022: Great Brian Lara’s very cheeky statement, ‘Rashid Khan not much of a wicket-taker’

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IPL 2022 - SRH batting coach Brian Lara on Rashid Khan, राशिद खान ज्यादा विकेट टेकर गेंदबाज नहीं थे, सनराइजर्स हैदराबाद के अहम सदस्य का बयान

“I have a great respect for Rashid Khan but I believe we have the right combination. Rashid Khan was someone who opposition teams decided to defend against, he was not much of a wicket-taker,” Lara told host broadcaster Star Sports.

“I think we have a lot in the reserves (Washington Sundar, Shreyas Gopal, Jagadeesha Suchith) to show the IPL and I am not too worried. All respect to Rashid Khan, if he was a member of this team, I think we might have been 7 out of 7, I don’t know,” he added.

IPL 2022: Great Brian Lara’s very cheeky statement, ‘Rashid Khan not much of a wicket-taker’

  • Notably, Rashid Khan is the most economical bowler of IPL with at least 50 matches. He was sold to GT for Rs 15 crore after parting ways with SRH.
  • Rashid Khan is the ONLY fourth overseas player with 100 IPL wickets – Dwayne Bravo (179), Lasith Malinga (170) and Sunil Narine (149).
  • The leg-spinner is also the joint-third fastest with Ashish Nehra to reach 100 IPL wickets (83 matches).
Year Mat Balls Runs WKTS BBM Ave Econ SR 4W 5W
Career 83 1980 2094 101 3/19 20.73 6.35 19.60 0 0

 

Is Lara’s statements TRUE?

Interestingly, Brian Lara’s comment seems to be justified as batters have started to defend Rashid Khan as the latter’s wicket-tally has gone south. He has so far managed only 8 wickets in 8 matches at an economy rate of 6.5

Match Bat Bowl Date Ground Format
Titans vs KKR 0 2/22 23-Apr-2022 DY Patil T20
Titans vs Super Kings 40 0/29 17-Apr-2022 Pune T20
Titans vs Royals 0/24 14-Apr-2022 DY Patil T20
Titans vs Sunrisers 0 1/28 11-Apr-2022 DY Patil T20
Titans vs Punjab Kings 3/22 08-Apr-2022 Brabourne T20
Titans vs Capitals 0* 1/30 02-Apr-2022 Pune T20
Titans vs Super Giants 1/27 28-Mar-2022 Wankhede T20

 

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