Rashid Khan is equal to the unwanted IPL records of Mohammad Sirj, 2 become players …

Gujarat Titans (GT) veteran spinner Rashid Khan has added his name to an unwanted list. He has accepted the most sixes (31) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) season. In the IPL, the first Afghan player Rashid has equaled GT’s front-line Seemar Mohammad Siraj to accept the most sixes. He was demolished for three sixes on Sunday during his outing against Chennai Super Kings in the ongoing IPL at the prestigious Narendra Modi Stadium. This was GT’s last league stage match, and Rashid ended the group stage with nine wickets in 14 matches, his worst average since the IPL debut in 2017 was 53.66.

If he cannot take two wickets in the playoffs, it will be his worst season in the league.

Rashid joined Gujarat Titans in 2022, where he took 19 wickets to help secure the IPL title in his debut season. In 2023, he claimed 27 wickets, including GT’s first IPL hat-trick against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), and was amazed with 79* off 32 balls against Mumbai Indians (MI).

In 135 IPL matches, Rashid has taken 158 wickets, on an average with an economy of 23.63 and 7. For GT, he took 65 wickets in 59 matches before he was with Sunrisers Hyderabad.

In the match, fifty from Devon Conway and Developed Brevis conducted Chennai Super Kings (CSK) up to 230/5 against Gujarat Titans (GT) in 20 overs.

This was Chennai’s highest score this season. CSK captain MS Dhoni won the toss and chose to bat. Ayush Matre and Devon Conway opened the innings for CSK; After a quiet time before GT Seemar Mohammad Siraj, Matre accused Arshad Khan in the second over, broke him for 28 runs.

Chennai crossed the 200 -run mark in the 18th over; This season was CSK’s first 200 score, batting first.

Brevis completed his second fifty of the season in just 19 balls. Brevis and Jadeja scored 20 runs from Siraj in the 19th over.

CSK finished Chennai’s highest score at 230/5 this season.

In bowling, Prasad Krishna (2/22) was a bowler’s pick for Gujarat, while Rashid Khan, Sai Kishore and Shah Rukh Khan chose one wicket each.

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