Rashid Khan’s IPL horror continues: Wasted critiques, costly spell, dropped catch

Gujarat Titans spinner Rashid Khan is having his worst time within the Indian Premier League. The Afghan spinner, one of many best gamers within the historical past of the event, had one more poor outing whereas enjoying towards Delhi Capitals on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Rashid bowled his full quota of overs on Saturday, April 19, and failed to select up a single wicket within the day recreation. Rashid registered figures of 4-0-38-0, and was the one bowler from the GT line-up who failed to select up a wicket.

Rashid’s woes this season have seen him fall to historic lows within the IPL. IPL 2025 was the first-ever season the place Rashid didn’t full his full quota of overs whereas bowling in one of many video games. Gujarat Titans assistant coach Aashish Kapoor shed some gentle on Rashid’s struggles forward of the sport. He acknowledged that the spinner had picked up some unhealthy habits submit his surgical procedure.

“Rashid went by means of surgical procedure as a result of his again was hurting final yr. Generally if you find yourself in a lot ache throughout matches, you are inclined to do sure issues together with your motion in order that it pains much less. There have been a couple of issues about which we spoke this yr after 2–3 video games, the place he must make a couple of changes together with his entrance hand, which has been fairly closed, whereas it needs to be dealing with the batter. He’s doing that now and bowling higher lengths within the final two-three video games,” Gujarat assistant coach Aashish Kapoor defined forward of the group’s match towards Delhi Capitals.

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Nonetheless, issues went from unhealthy to worse within the match towards DC, as Rashid not solely went wicketless however burnt by means of each of GT’s critiques within the match, each towards Axar Patel. First, Rashid thought that he had trapped LBW within the tenth over, however the ball clearly had pitched exterior the leg stump. After which, Rashid took one other evaluate within the last ball of the 14th over of the sport, when he thought that he had edged the batter down the leg aspect. However that ball was nowhere near the bat and had hit him on the pads whereas going into the mitts of the keeper.

To high it off, Rashid dropped Axar Patel on the primary ball of the seventeenth over as nicely, whereas fielding at covers. Axar had pushed the ball arduous, however straight into the arms of the fielder. Rashid was not in a position to management a low catch and spilled the ball.

After 7 video games, Rashid has picked up solely 4 wickets and has given away 253 runs at an economic system of 9.73.