Indian Premier League (IPL) is the most-watched T20 tournament in the world as a lot of stalwarts take part in the league only to entertain the fans. Former Indian opener, Kris Srikkanth, who is currently part of the Tamil commentary in the ongoing season of the IPL picked the most valuable player in the IPL.

The former Indian cricketer reckons that Afghanistan’s leg-spinner Rashid Khan is the most valuable player in the history of the IPL. Batsmen, bowlers, and all-rounders have done their part in the IPL so far. While Lasith Malinga is the leading wicket-taker in the history of the T20 tournament with 170 wickets, Rashid Khan has by far lived up to his reputation as a bowler in the league.

Tagged as one of the most sought-after bowlers in the truncated version of the game, Rashid Khan has often been seen pulling SRh from trouble against batting heavy teams like Mumbai Indians (MI) and Royal Challengers  Bangalore (RCB). 

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Tweeting about his most valuable player in the history of the IPL, Kris Srikkanth wrote: “@rashidkhan_19 you are by far the most valuable player in the IPL ever! Absolute amazing bowling which helped the @SunRisers to restrict @mipaltan to 150 odd! Chepaulk becoming the epicenter for thrillers this.”

@rashidkhan_19 you are by far the most valuable player in the IPL ever! Absolute amazing bowling which helped the @SunRisers to restrict @mipaltan to 150 odd! Chepaulk becoming the epicenter for thrillers this #IPL2021 #SRHvMI pic.twitter.com/H5wIKOETA5

— Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth) April 17, 2021

Sunrisers Hyderabad might have lost to Mumbai Indians (MI) but Rashid Khan bowled really well. He registered 2/22 in 4 overs and thus ended up as the second most economical bowler for SRH. Even in the game against KKR when eth bowlers were going for plenty, Rashid conceded just 24 runs and scalped a couple for wickets.

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Rashid Khan has played as many as 65 games in the IPL wherein he took 79 wickets at an outstanding bowling average of 20.26. He also maintained a miserly economy rate of 6.20.