Srinagar: Former Australia all-rounder and Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody has revealed that Afghanistan star cricketer Rashid Khan is dangerous batter when facing less deliveries.
Moody’s comments came after Gujarat Titans edged Chennai Super Kings out in the opening match of the IPL 2023 season.
Rashid, who had earlier starred with the ball for his figures of 2 for 26, had walked out to bat when Gujarat required 23 off 12 deliveries.
After getting strike on the fourth ball of Deepak Chahar’s over, Rashid struck a six and a four to bring down to the equation to just eight required off the final over.
“The reality is that he is at his best when he is facing ten or less balls,” Moody said on Cricinfo’s T20 Time Out show.
“That’s when he is the greatest threat. But if he’s suddenly coming in the tenth over, it can be a totally different situation for him to unpack, so he’s really really dangerous from the seventeenth over onwards.”
“Players like Rashid Khan are always involved in the game at the hottest point. The first moment he entered the game was in the powerplay when the game was running away from them. He bowled an over, he took a wicket.”