Franchises all around the world want Rashid Khan because of his commitment to batting, bowling, fielding: Sunil Gavaskar

Gujarat Titans broke Rajasthan's winning streak as they defeated them by three wickets on April 10 in Jaipur. Rashid Khan starred with both and  ball and it prompted legendary Sunil Gavaskar to heap praise on the all-rounder.

Speaking exclusively to Star Sports on Cricket Live, former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar lauded Rashid Khan’s performance last night "Yeah he didn't hit the wickets like he usually does, but when he was needed with the bat he came and delivered. This is the reason he's such a wanted player by franchises all around the world. They want him because they can see his commitment, batting, bowling and fielding. Look at the way he gives everything while he's fielding. Bowlers sometimes can be a little concerned about diving on their bowling shoulder, because if they dislocate their shoulder careers are in threat. 

Not with Rashid Khan, he just wants to give 100%. There's another cricketer who is not playing in this IPL but who's again similar is Ben Stokes. Anytime you see Ben Stokes batting, bowling or fielding he's a 100%, he gives it everything. And those are the cricketers that coaches and captains want, they might not always deliver but you know the percentage is not going to be anything less than a 100%."

Aaron Finch spoke on Rashid Khan’s performance last night "It's not easy picking Rashid Khan, particularly when he bowls in the powerplay and he created a couple of chances too, Mathew Wade put a couple of tough chances down. In a game where almost 400 runs were scored, for a guy to go below 20, it's extraordinary. We talked about it pre game that he may be back to his best after surgery, but he put us all to shame tonight. He just got the job done and that's the great thing, always gets his 100% and gets the job done."

Sunil Gavaskar shared his thoughts on Riyan Parag, saying, "The way he's been batting, if he had got another eight deliveries to play, he could have scored 30 to 35 runs more in those eight deliveries. So, that would have resulted in Gujarat Titans chasing 225 instead of 197."

Aaron Finch shared his thoughts on Riyan Parag, saying, "The way Riyan Parag and Sanju Samson built their innings and then exploded towards the back end, there was a lot of pressure on the bowling and the fielding unit as well. So, it was great to see a nice and solid partnership."

Sunil Gavaskar commented on Shubman Gill's batting performance, saying, "I am very impressed with Shubman Gill because, again, he was not getting the kind of support that he would have wanted at the other end. You want somebody to be there to build a partnership. At the start of the innings, if you have a bit of a partnership, it eases quite a bit of your problems.

He hasn't quite had that. That's why, having learned from the previous game, where he was trying to move around and lost his wicket, and then they weren't able to chase even 160, I think he knew that he had to stick around as much as possible, and that's what he did, till Chahal got him out with a very clever delivery. Anticipating that he was going to come down to the crease, he pulled it a little bit wide. But what a terrific innings from a young Shubman Gill."

Aaron Finch expressed his views on Shubman Gill's batting, saying, "The thing that impressed me the most today is that he's played through the offside. A lot of the time we think about how good his bottom hand is and how he plays through mid-wicket, but he gave himself a touch of room at times and was able to access the offside a lot, and he was brilliant. To hold it together when there was a bit of chaos, when Kuldeep Sen had that really good spell of three quick wickets, to still be able to maintain his composure. I'll be honest, I thought that Gujarat Titans left too much too late. But you've got to give yourself a chance, and Shubman Gill certainly did that. Once again, the majority of the runs for his team, it's brilliant to see