IPL 2022 Auction: I Really Hope That Rahmanullah Gurbaz Can Get Picked In The IPL- Lance Klusener
Published - 07 Feb 2022, 12:54 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 01:04 AM
Former South Africa all-rounder Lance Klusener is hopeful that Afghanistan’s prodigious talent Rahmanullah Gurbaz gets picked in the IPL 2022 auction.
Gurbaz, 20, has played 18 T20 Internationals and six ODI matches for Afghanistan since he made his international debut in September 2019.
The Afghanistan wicketkeeper-batsman has aggregated 531 runs from 18 innings at the strike rate of 139.37. He scored 87 off 45 balls in a T20I match against Zimbabwe last year to power Afghanistan to 198/5.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz is going to be a sensation: Lance Klusener
Gurbaz was part of Jaffna Kings in the Lanka Premier League 2021, he made 207 runs from eight innings with his best of 70 coming against Dambulla Giants.
Klusener, who was Afghanistan men’s team head coach until 2021, reckoned that the young batter will become a sensation and entertain the cricket world in future.
“If he continues to improve and keeps working very hard and stays extremely fit, I think he is going to be a sensation,” Klusener told Cricbuzz.
“I really hope that he can get picked in the IPL because I think he is a fantastic young cricketer and someone who is learning all the time. I think he is gonna provide the cricketing world and the cricketing spectators with a lot of entertainment going forward,” he added.
It’s getting your team to gel together as soon as possible: Lance Klusener
Klusener is currently the head coach of Khulna Titans in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League 2022. The South African believes that bonding local players with overseas talent is a must for any franchise.
“I think it’s getting your team to gel together as soon as possible. You always work with talent which is great but I guess it’s getting even your local players to gel with overseas players,” he said.
“That is something first on my list because it’s not really about talent because I think that’s a given in franchise cricket it’s just really making sure that people are believing each other and trusting each other off the field as well,” he added.
Klusener played 49 Test matches and 171 ODI matches for South Africa before he hung his boots in 2004.
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