In IPL 2025, a 20 -year -old batsman from Andhra Pradesh has made his debut against Lucknow Supergiants. CSK captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has included Sheikh Rashid in the team in place of Ravichandran Ashwin. Sheikh Rashid is known for batting with his fast. Also, he also bowls leg brakes. He was part of the Indian team that won the Under-19 World Cup by defeating England under the captaincy of Yash Dhul. He was the vice -captain of Team India. He batted brilliantly in the semi -finals and finals. Apart from this, he played a brilliant innings in domestic cricket.
Great performance in Under-19 World Cup
In the final of the Under-19 World Cup in 2022, Team India won the title for the fifth time by defeating England. Vice -captain Sheikh Rashid played many memorable innings in this World Cup. He played a useful innings of 94 runs after falling two wickets for 37 runs in the semi -finals. After this, a struggling innings of 50 runs was played in the final. Sheikh Rashid, a resident of Guntur in Andhra Pradesh, scored 201 runs in the tournament at an average of 50.
Dual century in domestic cricket
20 -year -old Sheikh Rashid scored his first double century of career by playing a strong innings of 203 runs for Andhra Pradesh in Elite Group B. In this innings, he also hit 28 fours while facing 378 balls. Sheikh Rashid made his first class debut for Andhra Pradesh in the year 2022. Apart from first class cricket, Sheikh Rashid has shown his amazing in List A and T20 format. In List A, Sheikh Rashid has scored 62 runs in 8 matches. Apart from this, he has scored 296 runs in 10 matches in T20 cricket. His highest score is of 100 runs in this.
Father left the job to make cricketers
His father Sheikh Balisha quit his job to make Sheikh Rashid a cricketer. Balisha used to work in the bank, but quit his job to make Rashid a cricketer. Balisha told that he used to work in a private bank. When he saw that the son was having trouble practicing, he decided to quit his job. After this, he focused on the son’s game. Team India batsman Rashid was first selected in the under-14 team of Andhra Pradesh and later in the under-16 team. Rashid could not perform better in both classes, after which he went into depression and made up his mind to leave cricket. But his father encouraged him.