Rashid Khan puts national duty above franchise cricket

Afghanistan leg spinner Rashid Khan said on Saturday (March 5) that he isn't prepared to play establishment cricket to the detriment of public obligation.

Rashid, who participated in the 2022 release of the Pakistan Super League, joined his colleagues not long before Afghanistan's series against Bangladesh and there were reports that he could pass on the series halfway to accompany the Lahore Qalandars for the last of the PSL. Rashid, notwithstanding, affirmed on Twitter that he wasn't passing on Bangladesh to participate in PSL, settling the reports.

"There's actually no need to focus on work or not work, public obligation is public obligation. You truly do well for the public group or you do terrible, that is different thing, that is something which isn't in the control of the players. Yet, generally I think any place I go and any place I play, when there is public group (responsibilities), I must be there,'' Rashid said.

"Whenever my public group is on visit I must be there and I must be prepared to play. It's not necessary to focus on the off chance that I'm successful or not, my presence will give the message to every one of the adolescents that there could be no greater thing than public obligation. Whatever occurs, you need to leave that and you need to come to public obligation.

"I'm here a result of my public group as Afghanistan has taken me to this position. On the off chance that the Afghanistan group was not there, I don't have any idea where I would be, I don't have the foggiest idea what I would have been doing, however Afghanistan has given me all the regard all the name...I need to regard that and I must be accessible for my group anyplace, any time,'' he said.

Rashid added that he is anticipating playing global cricket back home in Afghanistan, which as per him is a greater dream than winning the World Cup. The political circumstance in Afghanistan has implied that the board hasn't had the option to have global matches at home, and on second thought have played their home games in the UAE and a couple of different settings.

''Playing in my own nation is my greatest dream. That is a greater dream than winning the World Cup for my group. Playing in home circumstances - you realize while were playing and we saw the help for the Bangladesh group - that is different inclination. I need that equivalent inclination in my country also and I think it is the fantasy of each player...I trust it happens soon, when we are playing global cricket. It's a fantasy of a nation and dream of each player," said Rashid.