The premier SRH bowler, Rashid Khan was the star performer for the Sunrisers Hyderabad when he scalped three wickets to restrict KXIP to 132. He finished the game after conceding just 12 runs in his quota of when SRH were defending a score of 201. After the match, Rashid dedicated the win to his friend Najeeb Tarakai, who unfortunately lost his life in a car accident in Kabul on Wednesday (October 7).

Talking about his friend after the same, Rashid said, “He (Najeeb Tarakai) was a good friend, human being and we lost him two days ago in an accident, it is something shocking.”

SRH bowlers felt the wrath of Nicholas Pooran, who went on to score his fastest fifty of the season before being dismissed by Rashid, who said the match turned after some brilliant fielding effort from his teammates.

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Passing the fielding effort from his teammates, Rashid Khan said, “We spoke about enjoying the bowling and keep working hard in the field. That is something we have seen as well from Priyam, the catch and run out that changed the game.”

Rashid says his job always becomes easy when the batting huge posts a huge target which happened against KXIP as openers Jonny Bairstow (97 runs) and David Warner (52) in the first ininings.

The spinner explained, “That’s what happens when you have a good total on the board, the batsmen have to go after you. But you also have to bowl your best deliveries and that’s what I was trying to do.”

The leggie also said that losing Mitchell Marsh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar so early in the season due to injury has been a big blow for the team.

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Rashid elaborated, “You have to bowl your best deliveries and that’s what I was doing. It’s a big loss for us – Marsh and Bhuvi but we have youngsters who are taking the responsibility.”