Srinagar: Former Pakistan cricketer Rashid Latief has hailed India youngster Mayank Markande to Afghanistan International Rashid Khan.
Mayank Markande bowler beautifully against Punjab Kings for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Latif was impressed with Markande’s pace in the air and even compared him with Afghanistan’s star spinner Rashid Khan, who is currently the top-ranked bowler in the shortest format of the game.
“Remember that name, Mayank Markande. He has pace, he is fast through the air. Ravi Bishnoi is good, but he hasn’t succeeded in giving the ball that loop in the air. This guy is a Rashid Khan-type of bowler with a different angle. Batters had difficulties reading his googly. We will see him in future as well. I haven’t seen him play that much, but I saw him bowl yesterday and I think in two years time, he can be a great bowler,” Latif said on his official YouTube channel.
Markande has played in two games for SRH this year so far but has been brilliant in both; in his first game of the season against Punjab Kings, Markande registered brilliant figures of 4/15 in four overs.