India, April 5 -- Afghanistan's Rashid Khan is an IPL legend-160 wickets from 138 games with a great economy rate of 7.11. After a tough IPL 2025 when he took just nine wickets in 15 games, the 27-year-old Gujarat Titans leg-spinner has a point to prove this season, as the strike bowler and as a leader, stepping in when skipper Shubman Gill is unavailable. In an interview to HT, he talks about being a spinner in T20 and the controversial Impact Player rule, among others.

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Losing two close games must have been tough (to PBKS and RR).

Yeah, it's not easy. Over the past few years, we have won those (close) games. That's why we made it to the top four thrice in the last four seasons. Those last crucial couple of overs, with the ba...