IPL 2022: Gujarat Titans' Rashid Khan replicates MS Dhoni's 'helicopter Shot' with Golf club - Watch

Afghanistan and Gujarat Titans all-rounder Rashi Khan played a vital role in his side's maiden title win in the debut season of IPL 2022. His wicket-taking ability at crucial moments of the match and his big-hitting skills with the bat helped Gujarat top the points table and eventually win the trophy. His Snake Shot got famous this season. After the completion of the cash-rich league, the GT cricketer was seen enjoying Golf in UAE where he tried to replicate Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni's famous 'Helicopter Shot'. 

 

 

 

 

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The 23-year-old Afghanistan spinner has posted a short video of him holding a golf club and replicating the shot, which has a hint of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's helicopter and a bit of a hockey player's drag-flick. The video has since received thousands of likes.

Along with the video, Rashid tweeted, "The helicopter has landed in (flag of UAE). Was that a hole in one?" indicating that the cricketer had flown to the Emirates following the Titans' IPL title triumph in Ahmedabad.

Midway through the IPL 2022 season, criticism had mounted over Rashid's inability to provide the breakthroughs with his bowling. The Afghan cricketer had vehemently denied he was losing touch with the ball, and instead said he was perfecting the 'snake shot'.

###Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni's iconic helicopter shot is one of the most popular moves amongst cricket fans.
##@@miss u sir pic.twitter.com/Z7Thkx5jAB

— DIGVIJAY SINGH BISHT (@DIGVIJA16612739) August 16, 2020

The 23-year-old played match-winning knocks for Gujarat against CSK (40 off 21) and SRH (31 not out off 11) under tremendous pressure. Despite contributing handsomely with the bat, the premier leg-spinner was getting criticism for his bowling as he had picked only eight wickets in eight matches.

Rashid had then defended himself by saying that while his primary role was that of a bowler, he was upgrading his batting skill for the last 2-3 years, especially as a finisher much like Mahendra Singh Dhoni, to lend solidity to his franchise down the order.

"From the last two-three years I've been working on my batting. I have that self-belief that I should be there and finishing for the team," Rashid had said after his blitz with the bat against SRH at the Wankhede on April 27, which Gujarat won by five wickets in a thriller.

"I have those skills and talent but it was just about the confidence in myself; that I could finish. The best thing is I get more opportunity here in this team to bat."

Facing his former franchise, Rashid showed how devastating his batting could be, slamming an unbeaten 31 off just 11 balls as Gujarat completed an improbable chase of 195 to halt SRH's winning streak.

There was a hint of MS Dhoni's helicopter, and a bit of a hockey player's drag-flick, but the end product was all Rashid. "The snake shot" is what he called it, because of the way the wrists uncoil and strike.