Rahul Tiwari
khelja|05-02-2025
If you are the captain, like Rashid Khan, who did not lead the team from the front only. Rather, the world record was broken for the sake of bringing it to the finals. Mumbai Indians Cape Town, defeating Parl Royals in the Qualifier 1 match of SA20 played on 5 February under the captaincy of Rashid Khan, cut the final ticket. She became the first team to reach the final of SA20 2025. This success for Mi Cape Town was special for two reasons. Firstly, his captain, who played an important role in it, set a new world record in T20. And second because of this, because of this, Mi Cape Town calculated the failures found in the last 2 seasons.
Mumbai Indians had been lazy in the last 2 seasons of Cape Town SA20. She was the lowest position in the points table. However, in 2025 she became the first team to reach the final of the SA20. Meaning the title is one step away from winning. Rashid Khan's captain and player's dual role has been important in bringing SA20 to this place.
In the qualifier 1 match played against Parl Royals on February 5, Mumbai Indians Cape Town batted first and scored 199 for 4 wickets in 20 overs. No batsman scored a half -century from Mi Cape Town, but 6 out of his top 7 batsmen scored double digested, out of which 3 scored 40 plus. Parl Royals got the target of scoring 200 runs to win. But he was all out after scoring 160 runs in 19.4 overs and lost the match by 39 runs. Mi Cape Town bowlers, including captain Rashid Khan, played a major role in preventing Parl Royals from reaching the target. All of them took 2-2 wickets.
Rashid Khan took 2 wickets for 33 runs in 4 overs against Parl Royals. With these 2 wickets, he took the world record of the most wickets in T20. He broke the record of Bravo of West Indies. In fact, till this match, both Rashid and Bravo were jointly at the top position with 631 wickets. But he left Bravo behind with his first hunting as Dunith Vellage against Parl Royals. Rashid Khan now has 633 wickets in 461 T20 matches.