The Latest Breaking News from Rashid Khan

Pakistan bowler Haris Rauf's 5-18 spell led to Afghanistan's 142-run loss in the 1st ODI. Shaheen Shah Afridi and Shadab Khan also contributed to the win. Imam-ul-Haq and Iftikhar Ahmed shared a 50-run stand. The teams move to Colombo for the final match on Saturday.

The 24-year-old -- regarded as the world’s top spinner in white ball cricket -- featured in the Major League Twenty20 event in the United States but last week withdrew from The Hundred in the U.K. with an unspecified injury.

20-year-old Matheesha Pathirana will make his ODI debut after a successful IPL run in the three-match series against Afghanistan that gets underway on June 2, 2023.

Sudharsan finished as GT’s second most prolific batter, scoring 362 runs in eight matches with three fifties at an average of 51.71 and a strike rate of 141.40.

Gujarat Titans 21-year-old Sai Sudharsan also became the second-youngest batter to score a half-century in the IPL final. Read more on The Hindu.

Former India cricketer Irfan Pathan hailed Rohit Sharma for marshalling his troops well despite missing some of the key players.

Akash Madhwal’s breathtaking bowling performance against Lucknow Super Giants in the Eliminator would have given five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians wings and they would be fancying their chances against defending champions Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 2 to be played in the world’s largest stadium in Ahmedabad on May 26.

Hardik Pandya will be keen to prove his captaincy mettle against none other than M.S. Dhoni when Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings clash in the IPL Qualifier-1 on Tuesday.

The astute tactician in Mahendra Singh Dhoni will dig deep into his reserves to counter Indian cricket’s new ‘Crown Prince’ Shubman Gill as four-time champions Chennai Super Kings will meet their match in current title holders Gujarat Titans in Qualifier-1 of the IPL in Chennai.