IPL 2018: The four Afghan players on show
For the first time in the 10 year history of the IPL, there will be 4 players from the country of Afghanistan representing various franchises in the tournament. All the four players are promising cricketers and will be very valuable to their respective teams as they begin their campaign in IPL 2018. Afghanistan is currently a full fledged member of the ICC. The Afghanistan Cricket Board would be ecstatic that their players are getting the recognition they deserve on a platform as big as this. India is playing a Test match against Afghanistan for the first time ever on June 14 in Bengaluru and this could be the beginning of better things to come for Afghanistan Cricket.
Let's take a look at the 4 players featuring this year and analyse their skills.
#4 Rashid Khan (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
After picking up 17 wickets from 14 games at an outstanding economy rate of 6.62 for SRH in IPL 2017, Rashid Khan was bound to spark a bidding war at the IPL 2018 players auction. The Hyderabad franchise used their Right To Match card and retained his services at a whooping amount of INR 9 crores. This leg break bowler had a huge role to play in taking the team to the knockout stages last season. He will look to create the same sort of impact for the team this year as well.
Rashid is hard to read off the pitch and bamboozles the batsmen with the occasional googly. He will only know too well that the batsmen in the opposition will come prepared after watching and analyzing his bowling. Hence, he is sure to bring a new set of tricks to the IPL this year.