The greatest often thrive when their talents are questioned, fueled by an unquenched fire under the belly. Gujarat Titans (GT) Rashid Khan had a terrible start with the ball against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on Saturday but redeemed himself with a corker and let everyone know he still has the skills with his celebration.

GT found it tough to get going at the Ekana Cricket Stadium as all their star performers seemed to fail against a disciplined Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) unit. The side ended up with a subpar total of 135 batting first on a slow and dry pitch and their miseries were compounded when KL Rahul and Kyle Mayers took the charge early on in the second innings.

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The openers added 53 runs in the powerplay itself, and out of that 16 runs were added against the best T20 spinner in the world, Rashid Khan. However, skipper Hardik Pandya kept his trust in the Afghan spinner and offered him a chance to redeem himself by handing him the ball again for the seventh over and boy did the decision pay dividends.

Rashid Khan started with a loose delivery but Mayers scored a single and a googly on the next ball led the strike to be handed back to the Caribbean opener. Well set on 24 off 18 balls, the explosive batter was looking to play another match-winning inning but the wrist-spinner had other plans.

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The veteran leggie pitched a slightly full ball on off-stump, provoking the southpaw to attempt a huge heave in anticipation of a wrong’un. However, Rashid Khan had deceived him with the leg-spinner instead as the ball crashed into the stumps between Mayers’ bat and pad. The 24-year-old was evidently fired up and made his feelings known with an intense stare at Mayers as he walked back towards the pavilion before stabbing his finger on his chest to let the Lucknow batters and the crowd know who the main man was.

Here is the video of the celebration from Rashid Khan:

   

Twitter was set ablaze by Khan’s quiet but meaningful celebration as the Twitterati heaped praise on the all-rounder.

What a Ball Rashid Bhai !@rashidkhan_19 #LSGvsGT #Rashid #Cricket

— Mudit 🇮🇳 (@MuditHastir) April 22, 2023

Rashid Khan gets the breakthrough and Mayers departs. #LSGvsGT

— Faiz Fazel (@theFaizFazel) April 22, 2023

Rashid Khan to the rescue
Afghanistan greatest ambassador.#LSGvsGT

— Le Monarque de Nkoltang (@Observateurfang) April 22, 2023

Rashid Khan is cooking something here….bowl him out Hardik.

— Srinivas R (@srini_r_twit) April 22, 2023

Gujarat Titans have Rashid Khan as well as lefty Rashid Khan wow

— Ajinkya Matsawar (@ididnotjinxit) April 22, 2023

Rashid khan. Such a champion bowler.

— Sharath Babu (@babublacksheep) April 22, 2023

Rashid Khans stare and celebration to Kyle Mayers is all of us lol.

— Fantasy Cricket Pro 🏏 (Viren Hemrajani) (@FantasycricPro) April 22, 2023