THE BOWLERS
8. Rashid Khan (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
He might only be nineteen years old, but he has already established his status as an IPL veteran! An extremely wily customer to get away with, Rashid’s greatest strength lies in his uncanny ability to spin the ball both ways and bowl an intimidating wicket-to-wicket line with a quickish action for days on end, which make it difficult for batsmen to pick him, let alone hit him for boundaries.
Widely hailed as the finest spinner in limited-overs cricket at present, Rashid’s latent talent for batting came to the fore when he belted a quickfire 34* off 10 balls in the second qualifier at the Eden Gardens after coming in to bat at eight, which paved the way for an unlikely win for SRH against Kolkata Knight Riders.
Stats: Matches 17, Wickets 21, Bowling average 21.80, Economy 6.73, BBM 3/19.
Most memorable performance: Potent contributions with both bat (34* from 10 balls; 2 fours and 4 sixes) and ball (3/19) to win SRH the game almost single-handedly and dash KKR’s hopes of making it to the final in Qualifier-2 at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
