Rashid Khan, the captain of Afghanistan, never fails to entertain with his bat thanks to his unconventional strokeplay. He delivered another odd situation on September 18, when they played Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup 2025 in Abu Dhabi.
Pacer Nuwan Thushara delivered a superb slower yorker in the 18th over of Afghanistan’s innings, totally fooling Rashid. The right-hander deflected the ball off his rear thigh onto the stumps after trying a slog sweep much too early.
The event that ensued was humorous. Unaware that he had already bowled Rashid, Thushara turned to call for LBW as soon as the ball struck the stumps. As the ball struck the stumps and knocked the bails off, the umpire was actually just pointing to Thushara to signal that the batter had been clean bowled.
Rashid Khan, who was equally oblivious, indicated to check the ruling at the same moment, believing the umpire had signalled him out leg-before.
Rashid Khan trying to take DRS for clean bowled decision.😂#RashidKhan #AsiaCup2025 #AsiaCup #AFGvSL #SlvsAfg pic.twitter.com/PjmDOJoH7x
— Shehzad Qureshi (@ShehxadGulHasen) September 18, 2025
India
