Ranking the top 10 cricketers in the world at the moment

#3 Rashid Khan

The newest cricketing sensation

The rise of Afghanistan cricket can be credited to the rise of one young man Rashid Khan. T20 cricket is a batsman's game, and the bowlers who survive in this format are mostly mystery spinners or the death bowling fast bowlers. However, for a proper and a genuine leg-spinner from a country like Afghanistan to create the impact that he does is itself a big achievement.

The leaps that Rashid Khan has taken in the span of 2 years is the reason for ranking him higher than the likes of Kagiso Rabada and Kane Williamson. Afghanistan have played only one Test, but in the 50 ODIs that he played, Rashid has taken 118, which is more than 2 wickets per match, and 64 wickets in the 35 T20I matches.

He might be the soul of the Afghanistan cricket, but his rise started after he was picked up by the Sunrisers from Hyderabad where he trained under none other than the legendary off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan. He is currently No.2 ranked in the ODI format, and No.1 Ranked in the T20I format.