Rashid Khan: All you need to know about IPL's most expensive Afghanistan player

#1 Bought for 4 Crores by Sunrisers Hyderabad

It will be interesting to see how he performs in a star-studded league like IPL

All these years, Ryan ten Doeschate used to be the only player in the IPL from the Associate Nations. But the scenario changed this time around. Three players out of the six from the Associate teams were sold in the IPL auctions.

Chirag Suri of UAE and Afghan skipper Mohammad Nabi were auctioned for their base price. But the real shock was when Rashid Khan was the cause of an amazing biding-battle between Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Eventually, Sunrisers bagged the spinner for a jaw-dropping fee. SRH were in desperate need of a spinner and ensured that the signing of the big-hitting bowling all-rounder. The David-Warner led side will bank heavily on Khan after he became the costliest player ever from the Associate Nations. He cost SRH more than 5 times the amount an IPL franchise had paid to an Associate Nation's Player.