Rashid Khan stated that his focus was on backing his skills and giving his 100 percent in the match. He revealed that he was trying to play straight with the bat and the strategy worked for very well for him and concluded by dedicating his Man of the Match award to the people who suffered in the unfortunate blast in Afghanistan. 

“It was much needed for me, just tried my best to give 100% in bowling, batting and fielding. Full focus was to believe in my skills. Much happy with the batting today which was needed at the end. Started my career as a batsman, and I have the belief. Just try my best to look into the length and play according to the length. Focus was to play straight, that’s what the coaches said. So where the slower ball or anything, played straight and got runs. Can’t have excuses in fielding department. Just try to give my best. Working hard on that and it’s good so far. Want to dedicate my award to those people who lost their lives in a blast back home.,” Rashid Khan said after receiving his Man of the Match award as quoted by Indian Express. 

“It was a great fighting effort from the lads, game ebbed and flowed. Kolkata are an outstanding side. Game could have gone either way. Credit to the way the boys finished off the first innings to get a competitive total. Game was slipping away a bit at the start, but we knew if we held firm, we could squeeze back in the middle.”