Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan accomplished a complete of 500 T20 wickets within the SA20 match between MI Cape City and Pretoria Capitals. Cape City skipper Rashid accomplished the milestone by taking the wicket of Cylde Fortuin.
He’s the second-ever participant to attain this feat, with solely Dwayne Bravo (614) earlier than him. Within the match, Rashid took 3 wickets for simply 16 runs as his workforce restricted the Capitals to 182/8 in 20 overs.
Final yr, Rashid was named because the Afghanistan T20I captain by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), changing Mohammad Nabi, who stepped down as captain in November, after Afghanistan’s elimination from the T20 World Cup. This will likely be Rashid’s second stint as captain.
The second he reached 500 wickets 💙#MICTvPC #MICapeTown #OneFamily @rashidkhan_19 pic.twitter.com/MzWTMdqC5D
— MI Cape City (@MICapeTown) January 23, 2023
Earlier this month, Rashid had mentioned he would ‘think about’ his future within the Massive Bash League (BBL) after Cricket Australia’s resolution to withdraw from the ODI collection towards Afghanistan scheduled in March.
“I’m actually upset to listen to that Australia have pulled out of the collection to play us in March,” Rashid had mentioned.
“I take nice satisfaction in representing my nation, and we now have made nice progress on the world stage. This resolution from CA units us again in that journey. If taking part in vs Afghanistan is so uncomfortable for Australia, then I wouldn’t need to make anybody uncomfortable with my presence within the BBL. Subsequently, I will likely be strongly contemplating my future in that competitors.”
In a press release, Cricket Australia had mentioned the choice to withdraw from the boys’s ODIs adopted current Taliban restrictions on girls’s and women’ training and employment alternatives and their means to entry parks and gymnasiums.