Rashid Khan – the Afghan spinner and his exploits in one day internationals

Rashid Khan – the Afghan spinner and his exploits in one day internationals

Rashid Khan of Afghanistan captured 5 for 41 against UAE at Harare on 20.03.18 in the ongoing ICC World Cup Qualifiers to provide the seventh occasion of an Afghan bowler to capture five or more wickets in one-day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player O M R W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Rahmat Shah 5.3 0 32 5 2 v U.A.E Kuala Lumpur 02 May 2014
2 Hamid Hassan 10.0 1 45 5 1 v U.A.E. ICCA Dubai 04 Dec 2014
3 Rashid Khan 9.3 0 43 6 2 v Ireland Greater Noida 17 Mar 2017
4 Rashid Khan 8.4 1 18 7 2 v West Indies Gros Islet 09 Jun 2017
5 Rashid Khan 8.3 1 24 5 1 v Zimbabwe Sharjah 13 Feb 2018
6 Mujeeb Ur Rahman 10.0 0 50 5 1 v Zimbabwe Sharjah 16 Feb 2018
7 Rashid Khan 9.0 0 41 5 1 v U.A.E. Harare 20 Mar 2018

Rashid Khan of Afghanistan captured 5 for 41 against UAE at Harare on 20.03.18 in the ongoing ICC World Cup Qualifiers to provide the fourth occasion of his capturing five or more wickets in one-day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player O M R W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Rashid Khan 9.3 0 43 6 2 v Ireland Greater Noida 17 Mar 2017
2 Rashid Khan 8.4 1 18 7 2 v West Indies Gros Islet 09 Jun 2017
3 Rashid Khan 8.3 1 24 5 1 v Zimbabwe Sharjah 13 Feb 2018
4 Rashid Khan 9.0 0 41 5 1 v U.A.E. Harare 20 Mar 2018

Rashid Khan is one of the twelve bowlers in the history of one-day internationals to capture seven or more wickets in an innings. All such occasions are listed below

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 WW Davis 10.3 0 51 7 2 Win Aus Leeds 11 Jun 1983
2 Aaqib Javed 10.0 1 37 7 2 Pak Ind Sharjah 25 Oct 1991
3 M Muralitharan 10.0 1 30 7 2 Srl Ind Sharjah 27 Oct 2000
4 Waqar Younis 10.0 0 36 7 1 Pak Eng Leeds 17 Jun 2001
5 WPUJC Vaas 8.0 3 19 8 1 Srl Zim Colombo (SSC) 8 Dec 2001
6 GD McGrath 7.0 4 15 7 2 Aus Nam Potchefstroom 27 Feb 2003
7 AJ Bichel 10.0 0 20 7 1 Aus Eng Port Elizabeth 2 Mar 2003
8 Shahid Afridi 9.0 3 12 7 2 Pak Win Providence 14 Jul 2013
9 TG Southee 9.0 0 33 7 1 NZl Eng Wellington 20 Feb 2015
10 Imran Tahir 9.0 0 45 7 2 RSA Win Basseterre 15 Jun 2016
11 Rashid Khan 8.4 1 18 7 2 Afg Win Gros Islet 9 Jun 2017
12 TA Boult 10.0 3 34 7 2 NZl Win Christchurch 23 Dec 2017

Rashid Khan is one of the four spin bowlers in the history of one-day internationals to capture seven or more wickets in an innings. All such occasions are listed below. His figures of 7 for 12 against West Indies at Gros Islet on 09.06.07 represent the second best bowling figures in an innings in the history of one-day internationals.

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Shahid Afridi 9.0 3 12 7 2 Pak Win Providence 14 Jul 2013
2 Rashid Khan 8.4 1 18 7 2 Afg Win Gros Islet 9 Jun 2017
3 M Muralitharan 10.0 1 30 7 2 Srl Ind Sharjah 27 Oct 2000
4 Imran Tahir 9.0 0 45 7 2 RSA Win Basseterre 15 Jun 2016

Rashid Khan is one of the three spin bowlers to capture six or more wickets on two or more occasions in the history of one-day internationals. Other two are BAW Mendis of Sri Lanka and Shahid Afridi of Pakistan. The performance of these three bowlers is furnished below.

No Player O M R W Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 BAW Mendis 8.0 1 13 6 2 Srl Ind Karachi 06 Jul 2008
2 BAW Mendis 9.0 0 29 6 1 Srl Zim Harare 28 Nov 2008
                     
1 Rashid Khan 9.3 0 43 6 2 Afg Ire Greater Noida 17 Mar 2017
2 Rashid Khan 8.4 1 18 7 2 Afg Win Gros Islet 09 Jun 2017
                     
1 Shahid Afridi 10.0 0 38 6 1 Pak Aus Dubai (DSC) 22 Apr 2009
2 Shahid Afridi 9.0 3 12 7 2 Pak Win Providence 14 Jul 2013

The wily leg-spinner has captured 96 wickets as on 20.03.18 and requires four more wickets for his 100 wickets. If he captures four wickets, he would then become the second Afghan bowler to capture 100 plus wickets after Mohammad Nabi who has taken 102 wickets. Seven more  wickets would  fetch  him  the record  of  most wicket  taker amongst  Afghan bowlers

No Player Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave 4 5
1 Mohammad Nabi 96 93 748.0 30 3206 102 4/30 31.43 2 0
2 Rashid Khan 42 40 344.3 20 1358 96 7/18 14.14 4 4

 

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