Back in 2017, when he arrived in the IPL as an 18-year-old leg-spinner for the Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rashid Khan was one bowler no one wanted to face, especially as he possessed a googly which seemed impossible to read. In 14 matches that he played in that year, the Afghanistan leggie took 17 wickets at an average of 21.05 with a superb economy rate of 6.62.
In the 2018 IPL, he did even better, taking 21 wickets at an average of 21.80 with an economy rate of 6.73. Playing under former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, whose astute captaincy brought out the best in him, he had made the Sunrisers, who reached the final in 2018, into a formidable force.
