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Rashid Khan has a back injury
Surgery will be required
Part of the Adelaide squad from 2017–18
New Delhi. The Adelaide Strikers team has received a major setback ahead of the start of the 2024 season of the Big Bash League. The team’s star player Rashid Khan has withdrawn from the tournament due to injury. The Adelaide Strikers informed that Rashid has a back injury and will not be able to play in the upcoming season of the Big Bash League. .. Afghanistan’s star leg spinner will have to undergo a ‘minor’ surgery.
This is the second blow in Australia’s Big Bash League |07 in about 15 days, with Harry Brooke, who previously played for Melbourne Stars, also withdrawing from the tournament. Adelaide Strikers’ Tim Neilson has termed Rashid’s unavailability as a big loss for the team. Rashid has been a part of this team since 2017-18. Rashid is considered among the best spinners in the world in short format cricket. He takes wickets at times of need for the team and it is not easy for the opposition batsmen to hit his balls.
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Nielsen said that Rashid likes the Adelaide Strikers team. We know how much he loves playing in the Big Bash League, but treating his injury is also important for his long playing career and we stand by his decision. Talking about Rashid’s international career, he has 34 wickets in five Tests, 183 wickets in 103 ODIs and 130 wickets in 82 T20Is. Overall in T20s, he has taken 556 wickets in 410 matches at an impressive average of 18.3.
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Rashid proved to be the most successful bowler of the Afghanistan team in World Cup 2023, taking 11 wickets in 9 matches at an average of 35.27. During this period, his best performance was three wickets for 37 runs. While not out once in six innings of batting, he also managed to score 105 runs at an average of 21.
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Tags: Big Bash League, Rashid Khan
First published: November 23, 2023, 15:46 IST

