'Rashid Khan is a good bowler, but in limited overs cricket'
Updated On: 09 June, 2018 07:45 AM IST | | Debasish Datta
Former India batsman Arun Lal feels the five-day format will severely test Rashid Khan, who is Afghanistan's World No. 1 T20 bowler

Afghan spinner Rashid Khan bowls during the third T20I against B'desh in Dehradun on Thursday. Pic/AFP
As Afghanistan gear up to make their Test debut at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore next week, former India opener J Arun Lal reckons India will have no problems in winning the June 14-18 Test. "Although Afghanistan have talented youngsters in the form of spinners Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Ur Rahman, they do not have the experience of playing a five-day game. They will be handicapped whereas India will be playing at full strength, except Virat Kohli," said Arun Lal, who made his India debut against a Sri Lankan team that played their first Test on Indian soil – at Chennai in 1982.
Arun Lal felt the five-day format will severely test Rashid Khan, who is Afghanistan's World No. 1 T20 bowler. "Rashid is a good bowler, but in limited overs cricket [only] and I will be surprised if he doesn't offer half volleys and wide deliveries while bowling for longer periods. It will be difficult for them to adjust to the new format," he said.
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