Rashid Khan’s standing IPL declines: Has Afghanistan’s talisman lost its secret? , Cricket news

The most prestigious feature of Rashid Khan’s bowling is his ability to constantly hit his length and exclude batsmen with his changes, with a dash of mystery. A full giant, Afghan Maestro of the Pratin and the Indian Premier League (IPL) has found it difficult to go into the ongoing edition.
He is a Go-to-man of Gujarat Titan since 2022, but he has played this season in four matches, Rashid has taken a solitary wicket and scored in 10.21 per over. The 26 -year -old has become wicket -wicket in three consecutive matches, only for the second time in his IPL career, and both of these sequences have been in their last eight IPL games. In IPL 2024, Rashid Khan, who was returning from lower back surgery, took only 10 wickets at an economy rate of 8.40.
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As the season proceeded, the opposition batsmen’s approach became slightly estimated and he was happy to see his four overs and feed the rest of the attack. This year, however, Rashid has leaked a lot of runs and this unforgiving format lacks the control that he is known in this unforgiving format.
He a back surgery post 2023 ODI World Cup and former Australia all-rounder Shane Watson feel that this could be a reason for his Sombre outing in this year’s IPL.
Watson said in a media interaction, “It has been very interesting to see the decline in Rashid Khan’s influence.”
“He is slightly away from his best. He has not been in accordance with his length, which is always one of his vast strength. He bowled a very small ball very rarely, or a whole ball that you could actually get below. So whether he is his body, he is still working through that back injury.
“He is still managing how to continuously execute the variations of his ball that he is really accustomed to bowling with a good length. He is just going to take some time to find his drain that he had to work through issues of injury. But he is a champion. You never write a champion,” he said.
Rashid was out of action for about four months after surgery and although it has been a year because he has made his comeback, Timesophyndia.com considers that he could still get away from peak fitness. While GT Physio has not yet taken an discrepancy, Rashid is on the road since returning to competitive cricket.
For Afghanistan in the 2024 T20 World Cup, in IPL, Major League Cricket (MLC) in USA, Sau, Afghanistan’s domestic T20 competition Shapeja Cricket League, and SA20, are also involving their trade in various parts of the world.
Former India’s strength and conditioning (S&C) coach Ramji Srinivasan explained the importance of rehabilitation after a sportsperson undergoing surgery.
“It is very difficult to normalize. Anyone can return after back surgery in 2 to 3 months, or even longer. It also depends on the intensity of surgery. Low back surgery recovery can range from 3 months to 6 months to 8 months,” they explain.

File photo of Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan.

“It also depends on many other variables. For example, the operation may be successful, but rehabilitation and strength and conditioning cannot be done effectively. And also the aspect and mentality of nutrition. See, see many factors. Therefore, someone should be very good to return to play very early,” said the expert.
On the very used word “Workload Management”, Ramji asked why this is a “big concept”.
“Workload management is a major concept. Very few people have understood its true meaning. It is not only strength and conditioning domain. It is a domain for coaches, physio, players, recovery experts and massage physicians. All must join.”
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Just a bad step

Former Afghanistan’s assistant coach, Rais Ahmedzai, who is currently working with the U-19 team of Afghanistan, feels that this is just a bad phase for Rashid Khan.
“He is as difficult as nails. He is going to take it out of this stage. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have also passed through such bad stages. Such height cricketers know how to get out of such situations,” Ahdadzai says.
He said, “Rashid I know that you must have seen all their 16 overs with the team’s video analyst several times. I am sure he will find out what he is missing in his bowling,” he says.