Rashid: It's a kind of dream captaining Gujarat
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After leading Gujarat Titans to a thrilling victory over Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Rashid Khan demonstrated that leadership comes naturally to him.
With usual skipper Hardik Pandya missing with a groin injury on Sunday, Rashid was tasked with leading the IPL debutants to a 169-5 victory over holders Chennai in Pune.
"It's a kind of dream captaining the team, but overall the win made it memorable," Rashid said after Gujarat notched up their fifth win in six matches to lead the points table.
"Delivering with the bat, it was very special. I've been working hard on my batting. I consider myself an all-rounder, and I want to fulfil that responsibility" he added.
With Gujarat needing 48 runs from 18 balls, Rashid smacked three sixes and a four in Chris Jordan's third over, which yielded 25 runs.
"That was the time I had to step up with the short boundary in play. I told him (Miller) that if we can get 20 in that over, we can chase 30 in the last two. Luckily he (Jordan) bowled where I wanted him to"
Rashid fell in the penultimate over but man-of-the-match Miller stayed put to see Gujarat home.
"We wanted to take the game deep. We knew we can get 90 in seven overs on this wicket," said Rashid, who went wicketless with the ball conceding 29 runs in four overs.
