Absolutely Furious Rashid Khan Throws the Bat At His Afghanistan Teammate For Refusing a Run! Leaves Commentator in Disbelief

There is nothing noted commentator Ian Smith has not seen in cricket, but even the New Zealander was taken aback by what he witnessed in the final over of the T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8 Group 1 fixture between Afghanistan and Bangladesh at the Arnos Vale Ground, Arnos Vale, St Vincent on Tuesday.

A shell-shocked Ian Smith could not believe his eyes when the Afghanistan skipper threw his bat at his teammate Karim Janat for refusing to run a second run in the final over of the match. Afghanistan struggled to score freely throughout the innings and Rashid, in a bid to get some late runs, sliced one from Tanzid Hasan Sakib, and even though the catch was dropped, Rashid ran like hell to get back on strike, but Janat decided against it with two balls remaining. A furious Rashid, who was already on his way back for the second was left fuming at Janat’s refusal and proceeded to throw his bat at him much to the surprise of everyone.

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Here’s how Ian Smith reacted to the incident.

“HE’S THROWN AS BAD AT HIS PARTNER. I’VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE ANY CRICKET, I SWEAR. HE’S SO CROSS AND HE STAND HIS BACK ON HIM. I’VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE, EVER.”

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Here’s what transpired in the delivery:

• 19.3 Over – 1 runs: Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Rashid Khan: Have you ever seen that? Rashid Khan has thrown his bat at his partner and is livid with Karim Janat for denying the second run. This is pitched up around off stump, Rashid Khan hangs deep and throws his bat at it and ends up slicing the ball high and to the left of the cover fielder inside the ring. Mahmudullah moves across to his left, crouches a bit but the ball falls safely next to him. It gets deflected off his knees to point and seeing that Rashid turns for the second run. But to his disappointment, Karim is not going anywhere and that results in Rashid throwing his bat at his partner in frustration. That didn’t look good. You need to compose yourself even when the situation is tough. Anyway, Janat has calmly walked up to his skipper and handed him his bat. The on-air commentators are finding some comic relief in it but we are finding none. A player of Rashid’s stature especially, who’s an inspiration for many, must have avoided that ugly moment. Anyway, let’s move on.

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