No pressure leading MI Cape Town, says Rashid Khan

The inaugural edition of SA20 begins on Jan. 10 with MI Cape Town playing against Paarl Royals. Rashid Khan, T20’s bonafide global superstar Rashid Khan is leading the MI Cape Town and is the only Non-South African captain in the league. Khan, however, feels that there is no extra pressure. Khan’s squad is loaded with Dewald Brevis, Jofra Archer, Sam Curran and Liam Livingstone, making them a strong contender for the inaugural edition. Paarl Royals have Eoin Morgan, Jason Roy and Jos Buttler led by David Miller. The match will be live on JioCinema, Sports18 – 1 SD & HD, Sports18- Khel and Colors Tamil from 9:00 PM onwards.

“I think the experience of being vice-captain in the IPL for Gujarat (Gujarat Titans) has been good and that has helped me as a player as well. It is just about you making sure you enjoy your cricket and you can only give hundred percent and what capability you have, you just need to focus on that. So, I feel like there won’t be any pressure, there is excitement that lot of things will be there that I can learn as a captain and that will make me better cricketer as well so, just looking forward to that,” explained Khan.

Paarl Royals skipper Miller believes having the services of two World Cup-winning captains is a privilege. “We are privileged to have Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler along with a very experienced coach and lot of exciting young players. So, that probably is the trick to try and get the guys together as quick as possible. But I think once the first game sort of kicks off and the tournament is under way, guys will kind of fall into line and just sort of find the rhythm of the team. But it is always a challenge to try and get it run together but we have had enough days to try and do that so, the guys are in great spirits and training very hard,” Miller said.