ICC World T20 | Twitter reacts to Rashid Khan ‘assaulting’ teammate Fazalhaq Farooqi after intense death stares

Despite a disappointing finish to their batting innings that saw Afghanistan only manage 144/8 after a stable start, they are slowly inching their way back into the game against Sri Lanka with some clinical bowling display at the ongoing T20 World Cup in Australia. Disciplined efforts from the bowlers have seen them restrict the Sri Lankans to 63/2 after 10 overs and the wickets of the two openers have ensured a stagnancy in the run rate.

However, their talisman Rashid Khan was of the stern opinion they should have earned that second wicket a tad earlier as was evident in his actions at the Gabba on Thursday. Coming into the attack on the eighth over of the innings, the spinner was cut towards backward point on the second ball of the over by Kusal Mendis. The Sri Lankan wicket-keeper batsman rushed for a single providing a window of opportunity for Afghanistan to effect a run-out, only for Fazalhaq Farooqi to fumble when collecting the white Kookaburra and letting it go to waste.

While the incident seemed pretty harmless considering it was barely a half chance, Khan was left incensed and gave a stretched out death stare to the pacer to express his disappointment. The 24-year-old was clearly struggling to keep his frustration in check as he signalled to Mohammed Nabi to deal with the level of fielding by Farooqi and then continued with the death stare after the next ball as well. However, things did not peak until the penultimate delivery of the over.

In an attempt to sweep, Mendis top-edged the ball for an easy catch to wicket-keeper Rahmanullah Gurbaz, eliciting celebrations from the Afghans. As they huddled up and Farooqi approached Khan to congratulate him, the spinner burst out in a rant before grabbing hold of his teammate and bashing him on his head. Twitter was quick to spot the incident and immediately took to the internet to express their amusement.

He's angry for sure

What was that!

Too impressed

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