IPL 2022: Conditions not a worry for Gujarat Titans' Rashid Khan

Star Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan says he is never bothered about conditions never puts on himself the pressure of performance and just focuses on his own preparations and skillset while competingKhan one of the most successful cricketers that Afghanistan has produced will ply his trade for newentrants Gujarat Titans in this IPL beginning on Saturday having played for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the previous editionsThe upcoming edition will be played largely in Mumbai where the conditions would suit spinners but Khan said he does not think on those linesActually I have played a lot in Dubai As spinners Mumbai will offer you turn and bounce and you need that I never think about conditions a lot but the important thing is your preparation and I always focus on that Khan said in a virtual interaction with media on TuesdayMy mindset is never that everything depends on me and I have to win matches for my team When you start thinking about all these your game gets affected I like to keep it simple and I just want to give my 100 per cent effort in every match The results are not in my control but I can always control the effort and process I have never taken extra pressure the legspinner addedA lot changed in his home country after the Taliban took over to rule the strifetorn Asian nation and Khan said it posed a different challenge for Afghan people and the cricketersWell yeah definitely different challenges at different stages It all makes you eventually stronger and it gives you so many things to learn It is kind of a motivation for me to do good for my country Lot of things have changed but I should not change my mind and game he saidThe IPL is a big stage so you have to be mentally strong I will try to share my experiences with players in the team and I will try my best to impart the knowledge I have gained after playing in this tournament for fourfive yearsKhan smartly avoided the question when asked which IPL team is his favourite but did admit that playing under legendary Mahendra Singh Dhoni is something he dreamt ofI am currently playing for Gujarat Titans so this is my dream team I will strive to do my best it is a huge honour for me to play with Gujarat Titans and playing under Hardik Pandya will be a different experienceEvery player has their dream of playing of under MS Dhoni but right now I am playing for Gujarat Titans so it is a huge honour for meKhan said it will be not be possible for him to talk about the spinners in his side since he has not started doing practice with them since he was still in quarantineHe also asserted that change of team does not affect his own gameCricket is same just the team has changed I dont think about it much I just try to adjust I have played with Vijay Shankar Saha in this team I will play with same mindset and confidence I focus on my skillsWe He and captain Hardik Pandya are good friends I am looking forward to play with him It will be interesting I will start practicing with him to read his mind I am so excitedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for the dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the contents in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever