Rashid Khan joins unwanted list; concedes joint most sixes in an IPL season
The Hindu
Gujarat Titans' Rashid Khan concedes most sixes in an IPL season, equaling record with Mohammed Siraj.
Gujarat Titans (GT) spinner Rashid Khan has added his name to an unwanted list. He has conceded the most sixes (31) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) season.
Rashid, the first Afghan player in the IPL, has equalled the record of conceding the most number of sixes with GT’s front-line seamer Mohammed Siraj.
He was smashed for three sixes on Sunday (May 25, 2025) during his outing against the Chennai Super Kings in the ongoing IPL at the iconic Narendra Modi Stadium.
It was GT’s last league stage match, and Rashid ended the group stage with nine wickets in 14 matches, his worst average of 53.66 since his IPL debut in 2017. If he can’t pick two wickets in the playoffs, it’ll be his worst-ever season in the league.
Rashid joined Gujarat Titans in 2022, where he took 19 wickets to help them secure the IPL title in their debut season. In 2023, he claimed 27 wickets, including GT’s first-ever IPL hat-trick against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), and dazzled with a blistering 79* off 32 balls against Mumbai Indians (MI).
In 135 IPL matches, Rashid has grabbed 158 wickets, with an average of 23.63 and an economy of 7. For GT, he took 65 wickets in 59 matches earlier he was with Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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