Rashid Khan comes up with best-ever Dream11 IPL spell with 3-7 against Delhi; watch video

Rashid Khan on Tuesday reinforced his credentials as one of finest spinners of his generation with an exceptional spell against Delhi. Defending a target of 220, Afghani leg-spinner choked opposition batsmen and picked up wickets regularly to completely throw m off chase. 22-year-old's efforts helped Hyderab clinch a massive 88-run win, inching m closer to a potential playoff berth in Dream11 IPL 2020. 

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Hyderab vs Delhi stats: Rashid Khan bowls most ecomical spell of Dream11 IPL 2020 to le David Warner and co. to victory 

Rashid Khan has been in fine form in Dream11 IPL 2020 and Hyderab star was in full flow when he faced off against Delhi on Tuesday. Delhi h raced to 54/2 in powerplay chasing a stiff target of 220, but 22-year-old h or ideas when he came into bowl in seventh over. Rashid accounted for Shimron Hetmyer off his very first delivery, cleaning up West Indian pinch hitter with a leg-spinner. In same over, a wrong'un saw back of Ajinkya Rahane, piling up more pressure on Delhi batting line-up.

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As Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant tried to resurrect innings, Afghan cricketer bowled some tight lines, allowing room for batsmen to get away with runs. In his final over, Axar Patel tried to heave him off to leg-sdie boundary only to hand substitute fielder Priyam Garg a simple catch. Rashid Khan ended his spell with 3/7 in his four overs, most ecomical spell of Dream11 IPL 2020, bettering Mohamm Siraj's 3/8 against Kolkata. Hyderab star bowled a staggering 17 dot balls in his spell, and at end of his spell, Delhi were reeling at 83/6 after 13 overs.

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Rashid Khan Dream11 IPL stats

Rashid Khan's spell was sixth most ecomical spell in history of Dream11 IPL. Hyderab star's figures were only behind Ashish Nehra’s 1/6 (vs Punjab, 2009), Fidel Edwards’ 0/6 (vs Kolkata, 2009), Yuzvendra Chahal’s 1/6 (vs Chennai, 2019), Rahul Sharma’s 2/7 (vs Mumbai, 2011), and Lockie Ferguson’s 2/7 (vs Bangalore, 2017) in history of competition. His three-wicket haul on Tuesday propelled him to third in list of leing wicket-takers in Dream11 IPL 2020.

Rashid Khan w has 17 wickets this season, only behind Kagiso Raba (23) and Mohamm Shami (20). Rashid Khan is only spinner in top five, and has lowest ecomy rate this season, conceding just five runs an over on aver. 

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