Rashid Khan elated after SRH procured him for a staggering 9 crores

Young Afghanistan spin sensation Rashid Khan was amongst the priority targets for today’s IPL auction. He is unarguably among the top leg-spinners in the fray and an intense bidding was surrounding him was pretty much expected. And the 19-year-old lived up to his lofty standard earning himself a mega IPL contract with the Sunrisers Hyderabad worth a staggering 9 crore.

However, it was an interesting piece of business as Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) initially beat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) with a bid of Rs 9 crore, But then Hyderabad used their Right to Match (RTM) card to retain the highly rated youngster.

The Afghanistan cricketer became the first cricketer from his nation to feature in the IPL last year, where he played for the SRH franchise and then his Afghanistan teammate Mohammad Nabi also joined him in the competition. Rashid played 14 games in the last season, picking up 17 wickets at an impressive economy of 6.63.

Rashid has also produced eye-catching performances in the world’s top T20 leagues, the most recent being in BBL|07 for the Adelaide Strikers. Soon after going down the hammer, the young prodigy took to his Twitter account to extend the courtesy to his franchise. Rashid tweeted, “Great feeling to be back with @SunRisers thank you for retaining can’t wait to rejoin the best company @TomMoodyCricket @VVSLaxman281 @davidwarner31 #Murli Sir.”

You can see it below

Great feeling to be back with @SunRisers thank you for retaining can’t wait to rejoin the best company ???@TomMoodyCricket @VVSLaxman281 @davidwarner31 #Murli Sir ???? pic.twitter.com/vDEVu1wEjN

— Rashid Khan (@rashidkhan_19) January 27, 2018

SRH needs a minimum of two buys on the 2nd day of auctions

SRH have done reasonably well in the auction today and have most of their bases covered now. Probably their best bit of business was using all of their three RTMs on Shikhar Dhawan, Rashid Khan and Deepak Hooda respectively. By doing this they have ensured that the core of their team remains the same.

They now have 16 players in their squad and need a minimum of two buys tomorrow for which they have 7.95 crore left in the purse.