VIDEO: Rashid Khan plays street cricket with Indian fans
"One of the most humble characters of the game!" a Twitter user comments on viral video
On the sidelines of the ongoing Indian Premier League, Afghanistan all-rounder Rashid Khan was seen playing cricket on the streets.
In a video, which has gone viral on social media, the 24-year-old cricketer is seen smashing a delivery with his bat.
He is surrounded by young fans around him who, to their surprise, were joined by him on the streets as he held the bat all set to play his signature shots with cheers in the background.
Shared by a Twitter user named Mufaddal Vohra, the 26-second clip is from the Gandhinagar city in India's Gujrat state in which the young street cricketers were seem lauding for the star cricketer and making his videos.
"Rashid Khan playing street cricket with the Indian fans. One of the most humble characters of the game!" Vohra wrote in his tweet.
The video has so far garnered over 300,00 views, more than 12,900 likes and nearly 600 retweets.
Seeing this sweet gesture of the Afghan cricketer — who is all-rounder in the IPL team Gujarat Titans — playing with his fans on the streets, the internet has termed Khan as a "humble" cricketer.
"The most loved Afghani in India," wrote a user named Tanmay.
Another tweep Rahul Sharma wrote: "Rule number one of street cricket : Always bat first, even if your main job is to bowl in the team. Nice, Rashid Khan."
"The greatest non Indian but asian cricketer to ever play IPL. Rashid bhaii <3," tweeted another.
Another deemed Khan as "the only afghan player loved by everyone with 0 haters".
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