It is mind blowing to think that he has never given away runs at more than 6.75 RPO through all these years in the IPL, especially when some of the biggest hitters in world cricket are baying for bowler's blood at almost every delivery.
Rashid wasn't able to reach a settlement with Hyderabad and was released by the franchise before the IPL 2022 mega auctions. Hyderabad's loss was Gujarat Titans' gain as they snaffled him up.
They first beat Rajasthan by 7 wickets in Qualifier 1 to make it to the final straight away and then registered another comfortable 7 wicket victory against their opponents in the final to lift the IPL 2022 title, all thanks to the maverick from Afghanistan.
If you look at the coaching manual, spinners and particularly leg spinners over the years have been coached to both slowly and to loop the ball high in the air over the batter's eyeline, tempting him to go for the drive.
This in return will create chances for the batter to get out if the ball spins and either catches his edge or sneaks through the bat pad gap.
When you see Jos Buttler dead batting you like it is day 5 of a test match and England is playing for a draw, can there be a bigger compliment?
