More confident after keeping to Rashid, says Saha

The Afghan is currently ranked world number one in T20 format, number 2 in ODIs. He recently became the fastest to take 100 ODI wickets. “It’s a good experience, after a long time I’m getting an opportunity to keep against a bowler like Rashid,” said Saha who took two acrobatic catches behind the stumps in SRH’s win against Kolkata Knight Riders on Saturday. 

“He has got pace and turn. In recent times, I’ve been keeping against the likes of (Ravichandran) Ashwin, (Ravindra) Jadeja, (Amit) Mishra, or Kuldeep (Yadav). Now after keeping against Rashid, I’m more confident.” “He bowls consistently well. In T20s you don’t get to keep much against a particular bowler but those are all vital. I’m trying my best to do well,” he added. 

Asked just how good is Rashid, Saha added: “It’s most about pace variation. He bowls leg spin and mixes it up with a lot of googlies. With such a quick arm action, it’s very difficult for batsmen to read him. You can add that as his strength.” Sunrisers has been the early pace-setter this IPL season, winning three matches on the trot, something which Saha accredited to the ploy of treating every match as a final.