Best BBL bowling figures: Rashid Khan’s career-best bowling figures among best bowling figures in BBL

Dixit Bhargav | 12/01/2022
Best BBL bowling figures: Rashid Khan's career-best bowling figures among best bowling figures in BBL

Best BBL bowling figures: The spinner from Adelaide Strikers has picked the third-best bowling figures in the Big Bash League.

During the 46th match of the ongoing 11th season of the Big Bash League between Brisbane Heat and Adelaide Strikers in Brisbane, Adelaide Strikers spinner Rashid Khan picked career-best bowling figures to propel his team to a massive 71-run victory.

Chasing a 162-run target, Brisbane Heat were bundled out for 90 in 15 overs as Khan ran through their batting lineup to pick match-winning bowling figures of 4-0-17-6.

Introduced into the attack for the first time in the seventh over, Khan leaked 11 runs in his first over. It was only a matter of time when the 23-year old player was among the wickets dismissing Sam Heazlett (0) and Jake Lehmann (0) in his second over to register a team hat-trick for Strikers.

In his second spell, Heat’s Will Prestwidge (0) unsuccessfully took on Khan only to give away a straightforward catching opportunity to Jake Weatherald at long-on.

With the match already turning in their favour, Khan sent back Matthew Kuhnemann (1), Mujeeb Ur Rahman (0) and Liam Guthrie (0) in his last BBL 2021-22 over. Playing his 300th T20 match, Khan couldn’t have had a better outing than picking his fourth T20 five-wicket haul and his first one in the Big Bash League.

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With Afghanistan and Netherlands scheduled to play a three-match ODI series in Doha later this month, Khan won’t take any further part in BBL 11 to be available for national duty.

Best BBL bowling figures

Player Overs Maiden Runs Wickets Team Opposition Venue Year
Lasith Malinga 4 1 7 6 Melbourne Stars Perth Scorchers WACA 2012
Ish Sodhi 3.3 0 11 6 Adelaide Strikers Sydney Thunder Sydney Showground Stadium 2017
Rashid Khan 4 0 17 6 Adelaide Strikers Brisbane Heat Gabba 2022
Daniel Christian 4 0 14 5 Hobart Hurricanes Adelaide Strikers Bellerive Oval 2017
Mujeeb Ur Rahman 4 0 15 5 Brisbane Heat Hobart Hurricanes Gabba 2020
Sean Abbott 4 0 16 5 Sydney Sixers Adelaide Strikers Adelaide Oval 2016
Peter Siddle 3.3 0 16 5 Adelaide Strikers Hobart Hurricanes Aurora Stadium 2020
Adam Zampa 3.2 0 17 5 Melbourne Stars Adelaide Strikers MCG 2021
D’Arcy Short 4 0 21 5 Hobart Hurricanes Sydney Thunder Bellerive Oval 2020
Samuel Badree 4 0 22 5 Brisbane Heat Melbourne Stars MCG 2016
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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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