England spinner Adil Rashid picks Babar Azam over Virat Kohli as better batsman, explains why
Cricket | May 15, 2020 15:24 ISTRashid picked the Babar Azam over the 31-year-old, clarifying that he made his choice based on their current form.
Rashid picked the Babar Azam over the 31-year-old, clarifying that he made his choice based on their current form.
England Cricket's Twitter posted two videos of Rashid dismissing Virat Kohli and KL Rahul in extraordinary fashion during 2018 tour.
Adil Rashid is centrally contracted to England for limited-overs cricket, but the ECB's policy is to only consider players for Test selection if they have a red-ball county contract.
The 31-year-old Adil Rashid played every game for England in the World Cup but, needed an injection to manage the pain.
Rashid returned figures of 3/54 from his 10 overs to help England restrict Australia to 223 in the semifinal of 2019 World Cup.
Adil Rashid also stated that Eoin Morgan knows his game inside out and has been with him through 'good and not so good times'.
Opening for the first time in 28 matches Bairstow broke the back of a 161-run target, which owed much to Rashid's miserly return of 1-15.
Gayle ticked off a shopping list of targets — 50 up in 32 balls, a 10,000th one-day run and then his hundred in 55 balls.
Gayle is one of a handful of players who would not shirk from chasing 419 and the 39-year-old Jamaican picked up Buttler's baton with a ton of his own.
With rain playing major spoilsport in the clash at Pallekele, England restricted Sri Lanka for 150/9 as Rashid shined with his 4/36 and the batsmen finished the job in 18.3 overs.
Rashid became the 14th player to go through a Test match without batting, bowling or being part of a dismissal on the field during the match, that gave England a 2-0 lead in the five-Test rubber.
Rashid, who last played a Test in December 2016, has been preferred over all-rounder Moeen Ali in the XI whereas Sam Curran will feature alongside Broad and Anderson in the pace unit.
Bairstow, who is Rashid's team-mate in Yorkshire, refused to be drawn into the controversy but said the leg-spinner must be excited to have got the England call-up.
Rashid was selected for the first of five matches against India despite quitting red-ball cricket ahead of the 2018 county season and having not played a first-class game since September.
Adil Rashid said Michael Vaughan's comments about his recall to the Test squad was a kind of nonsense being spoken by ex-players.
England selectors ignored the fact that Adil Rashid has not played the longer version since December 2016.
Adil Rashid admitted that it was a "tough decision" to make himself available for England in Tests in what can be termed as a "surprise" recall to the 13-man squad for the five-Test series against India.
Rashid's much-publicised return, having last played a Test match in December 2016 against India (at Chennai), happened due to his recent exploits in ODIs where he got 20 wickets against Australia and India at an average of 23.95.
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