‘The reality is that Rashid is at his best when…’, Tom Moody

Want to get the best out of Rashid Khan, the batter? Don’t let him face more than 10 balls, says Tom Moody, who was with Rashid’s former team Sunrisers Hyderabad in different capacities from 2013 to 2022 (except 2020), including Rashid’s IPL debut in 2017.

Moody said on ESPNcricinfo –

“The reality is that he is at his best when he is facing ten or less balls. That’s when he is the greatest threat. But if he’s suddenly coming in the tenth over, it can be a totally different situation for him to unpack, so he’s really really dangerous from the seventeenth over onwards.”

Moody added – “Players like Rashid Khan are always involved in the game at the hottest point. The first moment he entered the game was in the powerplay when the game was running away from them. He bowled an over, he took a wicket. So again, critical time, put in the hotspot, he does the job.”

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Moody further said –

“End of the game, into the hotspot with a different skillset with bat in hand, not ball in hand and does what Rashid’s doing more increasingly and that is finding a way to hit a six, hit a four and suddenly when it is getting a little bit tight and everyone’s tense on the bench, he’s quickly turned it on its head within two or three balls.”

Moody said – “He [Rashid] is such a valuable player because he is a genuine matchwinner that does impact at critical times.”