Rashid Khan becomes fastest bowler to take 100 wicket
Rashid Khan becomes fastest bowler to take 100 wicket
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Afghanistan leg spinner Rashid Khan smashed the record for being the fastest to take 100 ODI wickets. Rashid before match against West Indies picks 99 wickets after 43 ODIs, following his 3 for 40 against Ireland in Harare on Friday. Rashid Khan, who break Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc fastest 100 wicket record in his 52nd ODI. 19-year-old Rashid, who grab the opportunity to break fastest 100 wickets record in just 44 matches against West Indies on Sunday.

Afghanistan leg spinner Rashid's rise to the top of the charts is remarkable because he was only the joint eighth quickest to 50 ODI wickets, which he reached in his 26th match. So in his next 18 ODIs, he has taken 47 wickets to get to 100 wickets. Rashid, who hold impressive bowling average of 14.12 per wicket and strike rate of 21.4 balls per wicket. Rashid Khan are the best among all bowlers who have delivered at least 1000 balls in ODIs. Given the fact that Afghanistan do not play top-flight opposition frequently, Rashid has 40 wickets against Zimbabwe and 33 against Ireland. Rashid Khan impressive young career-best figures of 7 wickets for 18 runs came against West Indies in St Lucia in June 2017.  

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