Rashid Khan hits MS Dhoni-style helicopter shot after winning ICC Award; Watch

Afghanistan all-rounder Rashid Khan celebrated his ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of Decade award with a Man of Match performance against Perth Scorchers on Monday, December 28. At Adelaide Oval, 22-year-old first smacked a 13-ball 29 and later derailed Scorchers’ run-chase by taking two crucial wickets. During his entertaining cameo with bat in game, cricketer also clubbed an MS Dhoni-style helicopter shot off bowling of T20 veteran Andrew Tye.  

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Rashid Khan's helicopter shot on display after ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of Decade award

Former Indian captain MS Dhoni is kwn to be one of most prominent exponents of helicopter shot. iconic wicketkeeper-batsman popularised shot during his early years in cricket. However, Afghanistan’s cricketing sensation Rashid Khan has also successfully pulled off same maeuvre quite a number of times in past few years.

One of those instances was put to display by cricketer in recently-concluded Big Bash League 10 (BBL 10) where he smacked Scorchers’ pacer Andrew Tye over head for a six. shot entertained commentators and Adelaide Oval crowd alike as evidenced from live proceedings. Here is a look at Rashid Khan's helicopter shot in BBL 10 from recently-concluded Perth Scorchers vs Adelaide Strikers game.

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Rashid Khan speaks after winning ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of Decade award

Rashid Khan was highest wicket-taker across all international T20 matches during stipulated ICC Awards period (2010-2020). He claimed 89 wickets in just 48 matches at an impressive aver of 12.62. He took two five-wicket and three four-wicket hauls in process. Moreover, cricketer is also kwn for scoring handy runs with bat down order, as he has aggregated 163 runs in his international career at a strike-rate of 125.38.

After winning ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of Decade award, Khan said that he is happy that someone from Afghanistan mand to claim prestigious hour. Here is a look at entire speech delivered by cricketer himself.

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