Bishan Singh Bedi slams Iceland Cricket for trolling Rashid Khan; backs the bowler to comeback strongly

It wasn’t the best of the days for Rashid Khan in Manchester on Tuesday. He was taken apart for 110 runs in his nine overs and these were also the worst figures for a spinner in ODI cricket ever. The leggie has been doing well for Afghanistan over the years but this World Cup hasn’t been good for him so far. He has picked only three wickets after sending down 31.5 overs.

He conceded the 100th run of his spell in 8.1 overs which was also the fastest ever much to Rashid’s dismay. Soon after the record, the Iceland Cricket’s Twitter handle took a dig at Afghanistan bowler and trolled him stating, “Well batted young man.” This hasn’t gone down well with a lot of former and current cricketers as they slammed Iceland Cricket for the same right, left and centre.

“We’ve just heard that Rashid Khan has scored Afghanistan’s first century of the #CWC19! Wow! 110 from 56 balls. The most runs ever scored by a bowler in the World Cup or something. Well batted young man. #ENGvAFG #AFGvENG,” the tweet read.

We’ve just heard that Rashid Khan has scored Afghanistan’s first century of the #CWC19! Wow! 110 from 56 balls. The most runs ever scored by a bowler in the World Cup or something. Well batted young man. #ENGvAFG #AFGvENG pic.twitter.com/3vklzCeIJt

— Iceland Cricket (@icelandcricket) June 18, 2019

The latest to join the list is former India cricketer Bishan Singh Bedi who has termed this as ‘as the below the belt’ act and backed Rashid Khan to come back strongly as a bowler.

Hold your chin up Rashid

Bishan Singh Bedi’s words should definitely make feel Rashid Khan better as the former felt that the leg-spinner will come out as a better and complete bowler and will only learn from this experience. “Shocking tweet..clearly hitting below the belt..!! Personally I feel @rashidkhan_19 is going to be a better & complete bowler after yesterday’s ‘stick’…All part of the game.@rashidkhan_19..hold yur chin up..Allah Mehfooz Rakhe..!!”

Shocking tweet..clearly hitting below the belt..!! Personally I feel @rashidkhan_19 is going to be a better & complete bowler after yesterday’s ‘stick’..All part of the game.@rashidkhan_19..hold yur chin up..Allah Mehfooz Rakhe..!!

— Bishan Bedi (@BishanBedi) June 19, 2019

England batsmen hit Rashid Khan for as many as 11 sixes and Eoin Morgan alone smacked seven of his deliveries out of the ground. With Afghanistan set to face India next, the challenges are only getting tough for the 20-year-old. However, he will be itching to get on the field and turn his and team’s fortunes around soon.