Afghanistan cricketing superstar Rashid khan is currently playing for Trent Rockets in the inaugural edition of The Hundred, but his mind is back home wondering about the well being of his family in Kabul, former England skipper Kevin Pietersen said. Notably, Afghanistan is gong through a period of turmoil after the Taliban started the move to control most of the country.
Pietersen, while commentating during Trent Rockets’ game, raised the Afghanistan situation and revealed Rashid Khan's worries about the situation back home.
"There's a lot of things that are happening at home. We had a long chat here on the boundary talking about it and he's worried: he can't get his family out of Afghanistan and there's a lot of things happening for him," Pietersen said during the Live commentary.
Another popular Afghan cricketer Mohammad Nabi, who was playing for London Spirit in The Hundred, already returned home last week, leaving the competition midway.
Rashid has not allowed his worries to affect his performances yet and picked up three wickets in his 20 deliveries and gave away only 16 runs against Manchester Originals, in what was a must-win game for his side. Courtesy of his brilliant bowling and great batting by Dawid Malan, the Rockets have now secured a top-three spot in the Points Table having played all their games and are comfortably in the Playoffs.