Sunrisers Hyderabad faced Kolkata Knight Riders in a blockbuster on April 14. The match was won by SRH despite two brilliant knocks from Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh.
One of the star performers for the side was spinner Mayank Markande, who picked two important wickets of Narayan Jagadeesan (36 off 21 balls) and power-hitter Andre Russell (3).
Former captain and wicketkeeper-batter of Pakistan Rashid Latif was impressed with Markande’s performance so much that he compared him with Afghanistan’s star spinner Rashid Khan.
“Remember that name, Mayank Markande. He has pace, he is fast through the air. Ravi Bishnoi is good, but he hasn’t succeeded in giving the ball that loop in the air. This guy is a Rashid Khan-type of bowler with a different angle. Batters had difficulties reading his googly. We will see him in future as well. I haven’t seen him play that much, but I saw him bowl yesterday and I think in two years time, he can be a great bowler,” Latif said on his official YouTube channel.
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Markande has played in two games for SRH this year so far but has been brilliant in both; in his first game of the season against Punjab Kings, Markande registered brilliant figures of 4/15 in four overs.
Sunrisers Hyderabad will be playing their next match against Mumbai Indians on April 18.