I had self-belief in my batting, I’ve been engaged on it for the final two years: Rashid Khan

Hitting three sixes in 4 balls, together with the match-winning most from the ultimate supply, is a stupendous achievement for any batter however Afghan star Rashid Khan says he has the self-belief to execute such performances after engaged on his batting within the final two years.

Rashid (31 off simply 11 balls), recognized extra for his match-winning leg-spin bowling, pulled off a heist as he struck three sixes from 4 balls, bowled by pacer Marco Jansen, handy Gujarat Titans an exhilarating five-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday night time.

His accomplice Rahul Tewatia (40 not out off 21 balls) had hit a six from the primary ball and ran a single after the Titans wanted 22 runs from the ultimate over whereas chasing a stiff 196 for a win.

“The feeling is good…you just have it in mind to go out there and have the self-belief, keep my shape strong, and hit it,” Rashid mentioned after his batting heroics.

“I was happy to do it against them (former club Sunrisers Hyderabad), but I was just trying to play my game and have the belief in my batting which I’ve been working on the last two years.”

Asked what transpired between him and Tewatia through the remaining over, Rashid mentioned, “When it was 22 left, I simply advised Tewatia that now we have given 25 within the final over with our greatest bowler (Lockie Ferguson). We simply should have that perception in ourselves.

“If now we have one missed ball, don’t give it some thought and don’t panic. Just keep sturdy and we have to end it or get as shut as doable as a result of it would assist us with the run price.

“But as long as we have that belief, anything is possible. Just stay there, keep your shape, and hit it strong. So that was our plan and luckily we had those four sixes.”

Tewatia additionally echoed Rashid’s sentiments and mentioned his earlier expertise of ending matches helped him in such conditions.

“We needed 22 runs from last over. Rashid Bhai said it was chaseable. I told him we can take the match closer (to a win) if I can hit six from the first ball. I said I will go all out for a six and let’s see what happens,” Tewatia mentioned on the post-match press convention.

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“I batted in the identical order for my home crew (Haryana) and I’ve performed in such conditions a couple of instances. When I obtained this function in IPL two years again, I did quite a lot of apply for these sorts of conditions for my Haryana crew in addition to for IPL, particularly for dying overs.

“If you need 40 to 50 runs in the last four-five overs, you need to choose the deliveries of the bowler (to hit).”

Asked why he ran for a single from the second ball of the final supply, Tewatia mentioned, “Rashid Bhai bats very effectively and he had completed matches earlier and had received matches (with the bat) for us.

“I had no doubt about his abilities, so my thought was I will hit boundary if I can and I will also run singles.”

With the ball, nonetheless, Rashid had an off day in opposition to the Sunrisers as he gave away 45 runs with out taking any wicket.

The 23-year-old premier leg-spinner was hit for 2 fours and three sixes by Abhishek Sharma and Aiden Markram and he might bowl simply two dot balls.

“I haven’t bowled nearly as good as I ought to have achieved. I bowled 4 or 5 dangerous deliveries which have been punished. On a wicket like this, you may’t miss your line and size and that’s one thing which I’ve achieved and Abhishek completed it off.

“This was a good wicket to bat on…this is something that is good for my learning and something I will try my best to not repeat in the next games,” Rashid mentioned.