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Rashid Khan hit a no-look six against Mustafizur Rahman (Picture credit: Screengrab from X)

Afghanistan skipper Rashid Khan on Tuesday pulled off a brilliant no-look six against Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman, the video of which has gone viral on social media, leaving fans astounded by his skill. The two teams faced each other in a group-stage clash of the Asia Cup in Abu Dhabi.

The moment came in the 17th over, sent down by Rahman. With 45 needed off the last four overs, Rashid stayed still and flicked his bat, using the former’s pace to score an important six, to give his team some momentum.

Rashid eventually had to depart for an 11-ball 20, with Rahman taking his revenge in the penultimate over. Watch the video here:

Rashid hit two boundaries and one six but couldn’t take his team over the line. When he was dismissed, Afghanistan needed 23 off 10 balls. They fell just eight runs short of Bangladesh’s total of a paltry 154.

Coming off a six-wicket loss to Sri Lanka, Bangladesh needed a victory over Afghanistan and they achieved it with a collective performance in an attritional contest wherein fortunes swung from one team to another.

At the halfway mark, Afghanistan seemed to have the match in their reach, having restricted Bangladesh to 154/5, but then they huffed and puffed before getting bowled out for a paltry 146 in 20 overs.

Azmatullah Omarzai threatened to turn the tables with his 16-ball 30, an innings in which he collected 20 runs off Saif Hassan’s 14th over of the innings to start Afghanistan’s resurrection after a poor start.

But Omarzai perished right after smacking Taskin Ahmed for a six in the 16th over, signalling the end for Afghanistan.

The end came when Rahman (3/28) removed Rashid (20) and AM Ghazanfar (0) in successive deliveries of the penultimate over.