07 May,2025 12:47 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Rashid Khan. Pic/AFP
Gujarat Titans (GT) premier spinner Rashid Khan feels that is has been able to operate just at 75 to 80 per cent in the ongoing IPL 2025.
GT won the IPL 2025 match by three wickets against Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Wankhede Stadium.
"I have missed my lengths (earlier in this tournament), and made sure to hit the right areas. You are not in your best rhythm during rehab (after 3-4 months of the surgery), it takes time to get back to your best. I am getting there slowly, 75-80 per cent there. I need to make sure that I get that surgery out of my mind," Rashid told broadcasters after the first innings of the clash against MI.
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Further, the 26-year-old praised his fellow teammate Sai Kishore for his crucial spell. "You need to hit the right areas as a spinner. The way Sai bowled his spell and took two wickets. It was good," said Rashid.
Sai returned to the pavilion with the figures of two wickets for 34 runs in four overs. He accounted for the wickets of Mumbai's skipper Hardik Pandya and swashbuckling batsman Suryakumar Yadav.
Rashid underwent back surgery after the ODI World Cup 2023 and returned to on-field action in May 2024. Since then, he has been struggling to find his lost rhythm. It has been a scratchy campaign for the 26-year-old, with eight wickets from 11 fixtures.
He showed signs of bowling with his usual mojo in the IPL 2025 and dazzled against the high-flying MI. Rashid returned with figures of 1/21 after bowling his full quota of four overs.
The one wicket which Rashid claimed was of the in-form Mumbai all-rounder Will Jacks. The Englishman played a knock of 53 runs off 35 deliveries, which was laced with five boundaries and three maximums.
Gujarat restricted Mumbai to 155 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs. The Shubman Gill-led side will now lock horns with Delhi Capitals (DC) on May 11.
(With ANI Inputs)
