Rashid Khan bowled with an innovative diagonal run-up during the third ODI between Afghanistan and Bangladesh today (November 11).
Coming in to bowl the 23rd over from over the wicket, Rashid went to his bowling mark. However, the starting point of Rashid’s run-up was unusual, with him running across from around the wicket behind the non-striker’s stumps and in front of the umpire. He switched between running between the umpire and the stumps and starting from a more conventional position to the umpire's left through the over.
Rashid is not the first leg-spinner to employ a funky run-up. Rahul Chahar, who has represented India in white-ball internationals, has been seen doing it on multiple occasions.
Earlier in the day, Rashid got instant success after coming to bowl his first over. Towhid Hridoy (7) tried to play a fast-spinning full delivery — the kind one generally associates with Rashid — on the back foot, edging it to Gulbadin Naib at slip. Bangladesh were reduced to 72-4. Hridoy's dismissal was one of the three wickets that fell in quick succession after openers Tanzid Hasan (19) and Soumya Sarkar (24) stitched a 53-run stand at a decent rate.
