'We have best bowling unit in SA20', says MI Cape Town captain Rashid

After a clinical sevenwicket win over Joburg Super Kings in a SA20 match MI Cape Town captain Rashid Khan said that his team has the best bowling unit in the tournament which makes his job easierChasing a belowpar target of 106 MI CT cruised home inside 163 overs in their third league game on Saturday night With this MI CT picked up four crucial points and jumped to the top of the table with 9 pointsAfter their bowlers put up a disciplined show openers Dewald Brevis 42 and Ryan Rickleton 21 shared a stand of 65 to lay the foundation of a big win for their team and the remaining batters then made quick work of the run chase Brevis nolook 99meter six against Aaron Phangiso was the highlight of MI CTs run chaseMI CT assessed the pitch to perfection and included spinner Waqar Salamkheil in the playing eleven Salamkheil 119 made an instant impact as he controlled the game brilliantly in the middle overs along with captain Rashid 218Also Read KL Rahul Need to be flexible in a team sportOther MI CT bowlers George Linde 225 and Kagiso Rabada 212 were lethal upfront with the ball and kept the pressure on West Indies allrounder Odean Smith also made his debut for MICT in the game and contributed by picking up two vital wicketsRabada who was playing his first game of the tournament returned with the player of the match awardCredit for the win also went to the MICT captain as he marshalled his bowlers brilliantly after electing to bowl first and together they bowled 65 dot balls The team management showed faith in the youngsters and they didnt disappointPraising his Afghan teammate and other bowlers for their clinical show Rashid said We have played together in a Test match for Afghanistan he Waqar has done well in the past and has the ability hes ready to go and do well I am happy for him He had control in the middle overs Linde the way he bowled in the batting powerplay was superb he and KG set the platform for usBacking MI CT as the best bowling lineup in the tournament the skipper said I think we have the best bowling unit so many options and it makes a captains task harder We also have depth in the batting lineup we saw it in the last gameLinde who set the tone for MI CT in the powerplay also backed what the skipper said claiming his side is full of superstars and a potent spin attackI think it was the right decision from the coaching staff to go with three spinners in this game as the pitch was getting slower If you look at our team weve got three good spinners We have a very good team full of match winners We are pretty confident in the team as well and weve got plenty of superstars the leftarm orthodox spinner said in the postmatch press conferenceThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever