Rashid Khan joins unwanted record; concedes joint most sixes in an IPL season

Gujarat Titans spinner Rashid Khan has added his identify to an unwanted record. File
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Gujarat Titans (GT) spinner Rashid Khan has added his identify to an unwanted record. He has conceded the most sixes (31) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) season.

Rashid, the primary Afghan participant in the IPL, has equalled the report of conceding the most variety of sixes with GT’s front-line seamer Mohammed Siraj.

He was smashed for 3 sixes on Sunday (May 25, 2025) throughout his outing in opposition to the Chennai Super Kings in the continued IPL on the iconic Narendra Modi Stadium.

It was GT’s final league stage match, and Rashid ended the group stage with 9 wickets in 14 matches, his worst common of 53.66 since his IPL debut in 2017. If he can’t decide two wickets in the playoffs, it’ll be his worst-ever season in the league.

Rashid joined Gujarat Titans in 2022, the place he took 19 wickets to assist them safe the IPL title in their debut season. In 2023, he claimed 27 wickets, together with GT’s first-ever IPL hat-trick in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), and dazzled with a blistering 79* off 32 balls in opposition to Mumbai Indians (MI).

In 135 IPL matches, Rashid has grabbed 158 wickets, with an common of 23.63 and an financial system of seven. For GT, he took 65 wickets in 59 matches earlier he was with Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Coming to the match, fifties from Devon Conway and Dewald Brevis powered Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to 230/5 in 20 overs in opposition to Gujarat Titans (GT).

This was the best rating of Chennai this season. CSK skipper MS Dhoni received the toss and elected to bat. Ayush Mhatre and Devon Conway opened the innings for CSK; after a quiet first over from GT seamer Mohammed Siraj, Mhatre charged Arshad Khan in the second over, smashing him for 28 runs.

Chennai crossed the 200 runs mark in the 18th over; this was CSK’s first 200+ rating this season, batting first.

Brevis accomplished his second fifty of the season in simply 19 balls. Brevis and Jadeja smashed 20 runs off Siraj in the nineteenth over.

CSK completed their 20 overs on 230/5, the best rating of Chennai this season.

In bowling, Prasidh Krishna (2/22) was the decide of the bowler for Gujarat, whereas Rashid Khan, Sai Kishore and Shahrukh Khan picked a wicket every.