<img title="Rashid Khan during his 34*" src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/2018/may/Rashid-Bat.jpg" alt="Rashid Khan during his 34*" /> Rashid Khan during his 34*
Long before Rashid Khan came to deliver another heady mix of leg-breaks and googlies in Friday's Qualifier 2, the Afghan treated a packed Eden Gardens to a breathtaking batting blitz.
<a title="Rashid Khan" href="https://www.mid-day.com/topic/rashid-khan-all" target="_blank">Rashid Khan</a>'s 10-ball 34 lifted Hyderabad from a vulnerable 138-7 in the 19th over to a challenging 174-7 after the 20. The belligerent knock, which had four sixes and a couple of boundaries, may have stunned Kolkata but it didn't surprise his teammates.
<img title="Yusuf Pathan" src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/2018/may/Yusuf-bat.jpg" alt="Yusuf Pathan" /> Yusuf Pathan
"He's a very good cricketer, and in the Big Bash and other tournaments he's played, he's hit the fours and sixes to contribute with cameos," said <a title="Yusuf Pathan" href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/yusuf-pathan-all" target="_blank">Yusuf Pathan</a> after Hyderabad's 13-run win. "The team have faith in Rashid's ability as a batsman, and that's why he was sent a slot higher [at No. 8, ahead of Bhuvneshwar Kumar]. In Chennai, he came and hit a couple of sixes. We are not surprised at all by what he did with the bat tonight [Friday]," he added.
"He had a brilliant day, didn't he? He batted really well; he had a run-out as well. It was a day when everything went right for him," Kolkata skipper <a title="Dinesh Karthik" href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/dinesh-karthik-all" target="_blank">Dinesh Karthik</a> praising Rashid.
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