The 39th match of IPL is being played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Titans. This match is very special for Gujarat’s googly master Rashid Khan. Rashid played his 100th IPL match against KKR. Rashid Khan has taken 126 wickets in 99 matches so far in the IPL.
Regarding Rashid’s IPL career, he debuted in this tournament in the year IPL 2017 season. He played his debut match while playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Rashid emerged as the sixth-highest wicket-taker in that year. In 2018, he took 21 wickets for the same team. At the same time, in the year 2019, he took 16 wickets.
After this, the magic of Rashid has been speaking in the IPL. In the year 2022, he joined Gujarat Titans. Rashid had made a big contribution in making Gujarat the champion that season. In 16 matches, he took 19 wickets at a bowling average of 22.15.
In 2023, Rashid Khan took a hat trick against Kolkata Knight Riders. Rashid is the bowler with the most hat tricks in T20. Rashid has taken four hat tricks so far.
Rashid Khan has so far appeared in 24 matches for Gujarat in which he has taken 33 wickets. In IPL 2022, he took 19 wickets in 16 matches for Gujarat. And had contributed significantly to making the team champion.
A special video has been released on the Twitter handle of IPL on the completion of 100 matches Rashid Khan, in which the team’s wicket-keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha is giving him a souvenir on the completion of 100 matches.
IPL wrote in the video’s caption, ‘A special century, congratulations to Rashid Khan for playing his 100th IPL match.’ Rashid Khan has taken a total of 126 wickets in his IPL career while he has scored 326 runs with the bat. But on many important occasions, he has shown the power of his bat.
