Afghanistan cricket team's star leg-spinner Rashid Khan has been ruled out of The Hundred 2024 due to a hamstring injury. Playing for Trent Rockets, Rashid Khan got injured while fielding during the match against Southern Brave. Another player of Trent Rockets got injured but he is not out of the tournament. Rashid Khan's injury has also increased Afghanistan's concern.
Afghanistan's star all-rounder Rashid Khan has been ruled out of the remaining matches of The Hundred due to a hamstring injury. Khan's exit has dealt a big blow to Trent Rockets. 25-year-old Rashid Khan was injured while fielding in the last over against Southern Brave on Saturday. Rashid Khan's injury has also worried the Afghanistan team. Afghanistan have to play a one-off Test match against New Zealand next month and Rashid Khan is one of their key players. It will be interesting to see whether Rashid Khan is able to get fit in time or not.
Rashid Khan has been ruled out of the remainder of #TheHundred due to injury - Chris Green returns to Trent Rockets as his replacement
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According to ESPNcricinfo report, Australian spin all-rounder Chris Green has been included in the team as an alternative to Rashid Khan. It is known that in The Hundred, Trent Rockets have a chance to make it to the knockouts as they are fifth in the points table. Rockets have played 6 matches so far, in which they have won three and lost the same number of matches.
Trent Rockets have suffered another major setback. Apart from Rashid Khan, Pakistan all-rounder Imad Wasim has also been injured. However, the Pakistani all-rounder is not out of the tournament. He is working hard to make a comeback in the team.
In the last match of Trent Rockets, Kieron Pollard hit five consecutive sixes off Rashid Khan's ball. Trent Rockets lost by two wickets with one ball remaining. However, Rashid Khan's performance in The Hundred has been good. The leg-spinner has taken 9 wickets in five matches at an average of 16. Apart from this, Rashid has scored 44 runs.
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