Tag: Rashid Khan

LAHORE: Lahore Qalandars have picked Australia’s Fawad Ahmed as a replacement for Rashid Khan, who will leave the squad on February 19 owing to his national duty.

Rashid, who is set to represent Afghanistan in their away series against Bangladesh from February 23, will leave the Qalandars’ squad after their face-off with Islamabad United.

As a result, the Qalandars have picked Fawad as the replacement for the remainder of the league. PSL Technical Committee has also approved the replacement request by the franchise.

It’s worth noting that the Qalandars are currently third in the PSL 7 points table, having won three of their five matches.

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ABU DHABI: Afghanistan’s leg-spinner Rashid Khan has completed his 400 wickets in T20 format during T20 World Cup’s contest against New Zealand. 

Rashid bowled out Martin Guptill in Afghanistan’s last group stage contest to complete his 400 wickets in the shorter format.

The right-arm leggie achieved the milestone in 289 matches he played since 2015.

West Indies’ Dwayne Bravo is the highest wicket-taker in the T20 format with 553 wickets followed by Sunil Narine (425) and Imran Tahir (420).

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