Rashid Khan became the first bowler to take 650 or more wickets in T20 cricket

Bowlers with the most wickets in T20 cricket

Talking about Rashid Khan, this was his first match after IPL 2025. After playing for Gujarat Titans in IPL 2025, he took a break from cricket for a few days. Rashid did not participate in the Major League Cricket tournament. He had taken such a decision to keep himself fit and fresh for the future. Now he has performed brilliantly in his comeback match.

In this match of The Hundred, Rashid Khan sent London Spirit's Wayne Madsen, Ryan Higgins, and Liam Dawson to the pavilion. Along with Rashid, Sam Curran also bowled brilliantly, and he took three wickets. Due to the excellent bowling of these two, the London Spirit team was all out after scoring 80 runs. After this, Oval Invincibles achieved this target of 81 runs by losing 4 wickets.

Apart from the T20 International, Rashid Khan plays in leagues in many countries. Talking about Rashid's performance in T20 International, he has taken 161 wickets in 96 matches so far. He is the second-highest wicket-taker in T20 International. New Zealand's Tim Southee is at the top of this list, having taken 164 wickets in 126 matches. Rashid can come on top by taking 4 wickets.

Rashid Khan has been seen playing T20 cricket for Sunrisers Hyderabad, Gujarat Titans, Adelaide Strikers, Band-e-Amir Dragons, Barbados Tridents, Comilla Victorians, Durban Heat, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Kabul Zwanan, Lahore Qalandars, MI Cape Town, MI New York, Spin Ghar Tigers, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, Sussex, Trent Rockets teams. He has played 121 matches in the IPL and taken 149 wickets.

Rashid’s Cricket Career Journey

Rashid Khan’s journey began when he made his T20 debut as a teenager for Afghanistan in October 2015. He quickly established himself as a rare commodity: a leg-spinner with rapid arm speed, deadly googlies, and a tactician’s brain. Franchise teams across the world, from the IPL’s Gujarat Titans to BBL’s Adelaide Strikers and England’s county sides, scrambled to sign the Afghan star. He collected titles, individual trophies, and universal acclaim wherever he played.

A closer look at his progression reveals staggering numbers: Rashid consistently picked up over 65 wickets per year between 2017 and 2024 (barring 2020, when the pandemic disrupted schedules) and once even claimed 96 wickets in a single year (2018). He has five five-wicket hauls to his credit in T20s and career-best figures of 6/17.

Batters repeatedly confess how difficult it is to decode Rashid’s deliveries; his brisk pace through the air and quick arm speed leave them with almost no time to adjust. The threat he poses is so profound that teams have devised entire game plans around simply trying to survive his overs, often accepting a slowdown in runs rather than risk their wickets.

Rashid’s tremendous skills transcend conditions and continents; his record away from home is even more impressive than on familiar turf, having played most of his games in foreign leagues and for Afghanistan abroad. He’s collected wickets against every major T20 franchise, often while bowling at the most challenging times in an innings, not just as a middle-overs enforcer.