Rashid Khan Creates History For Afghanistan In IPL Auction

February 20, 2017 | SportsGuff Team 1.4K Reads

A lot of excitement and happiest moment amongst the Afghanistan cricket fans because of their two key players picked at the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction held today.

The experienced all-rounder Mohammad Nabi was the 1st pick from the Afghanistan cricket at the auction of IPL at his base price of Rs 30 Lakhs for Sunrisers Hyderabad. And the other pick was from Afghanistan, the 18 year old leg spinner Rashid Khan for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Rashid Khan was sold to Sunrisers at a whooping amount of Rs 4 Crore from his base prize of Rs 50 Lakhs.

Mohammad Nabi (on Rashid Khan) said, “His googly is difficult to pick and he fires it on target.”