The Large Bash League has suffered a critical blow with Adelaide Strikers marquee man Rashid Khan dominated out of the event with a again harm.
Key factors:
- Rashid Khan was the number-one choose within the BBL draft by the Adelaide Strikers
- Rashid had threatened to boycott the BBL after Australia withdrew from a collection in opposition to Afghanistan
- Strikers normal supervisor Tim Nielsen mentioned Rashid “will probably be extraordinarily missed”
The Strikers confirmed on Wednesday the Afghanistan star would miss your entire event, requiring minor surgical procedure on his again after the World Cup.
The world’s top-ranked T20 bowler, Rashid is near the Large Bash’s largest identify and has real pulling energy as a crowd favorite everywhere in the nation.
Rashid had threatened to boycott the BBL on the finish of final summer time over Australia’s resolution to withdraw from a collection in opposition to Afghanistan on human rights grounds.
Nevertheless, he in the end retracted that menace when he nominated for the BBL abroad participant draft in August and was retained by the Strikers.
“Rashid is a beloved member of the Strikers and a fan favorite who has been with us for seven years, so he will probably be extraordinarily missed this summer time,” Strikers GM Tim Nielsen mentioned.
“Rashid loves Adelaide and the Strikers, and we all know how a lot he loves enjoying within the BBL, and we help him as he has therapy for this harm to make sure his long-term involvement within the sport.
“Our listing administration and training employees will now have a look at our choices for changing Rashid for the upcoming season and a alternative participant will probably be introduced in the end.”
Rashid will probably be eligible to be retained by the Strikers in subsequent yr’s gamers draft.
One of many world’s craftiest leg spinners, Rashid first made a reputation for himself in Australia as an adolescent when he was the main wicket-taker with 18 in 2017-18.
That helped the Strikers to their first and solely title, along with his 98 wickets nonetheless probably the most of any abroad participant within the BBL.
Rashid’s withdrawal leaves the Renegades’ Mujeeb Ur Rahman as the only Afghan participant remaining on this yr’s event.
The number-one choice within the draft and stored by Adelaide through a retention choose, Rashid’s withdrawal comes after number-two choose Harry Brook additionally pulled out of the event.
Brook had been because of play for the Melbourne Stars however withdrew from his deal final week because of workload considerations.
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