APL 2018: Erin Holland requests Rashid Khan to look after her boyfriend Ben Cutting

The Afghanistan Premier League is a few days away from commencement and after a highly spirited performance in the Asia Cup 2018, a lot of their national players will be keen to pull off good performances. One among those would certainly be Rashid Khan, who recently escalated to the top of the ODI rankings for all-rounders.

He also stands second in the list of bowlers in ODI rankings and is on top of the bowlers’ rankings in T20Is. Rashid Khan shared his elation after this remarkable achievement on Twitter and popular Australian anchor and model Erin Holland congratulated him. Erin Holland is also the girlfriend of all-rounder Ben Cutting, who played a lot of cricket with Rashid Khan in the IPL for Sunrisers.

Erin also made a cheeky request to the Afghan all-rounder to take care of her fiancee by not bowling at him too much. Cutting will be representing the Nangarhar Leopards in the APL 2018 whilst Rashid is the icon player for the Kabul franchise.

“So happy for you Rashid! Look after (Ben) Cutting for me (maybe don’t bowl him out too much please) in the APL 2018,” Holland said via her official Twitter handle.

So happy for you Rashid! Look after @Cuttsy31 for me (maybe don’t bowl him out too much plz 😂) in the @APLT20official !! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

— Erin Holland (@erinvholland) October 2, 2018

The dawn of a new era in Afghanistan cricket

Introduction of T20 leagues has changed the fate of various national sides in the world and with the exact motive, Afghanistan Premier League will be commencing from 5th October. The player draft was conducted a few weeks ago and the organizers have done a great job in roping a few big names from the fraternity.

Chris Gayle, Shahid Afridi, Colin Munro, Brendon McCullum, Ryan ten Doeschate, Thisara Perera, Andre Russell and others will be in action for their respective franchises. The tournament is expected to draw worldwide attention and will also give their young players a great opportunity to work with some legendary names.

This is a huge tournament for the likes of Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Shahzad and the other senior Afghan players, who are desperate to prepare a competitive squad for the World Cup next year.