I call myself 'spin-fast' bowler who prefers bowling at 100 kmph rather than 75 kmph: Rashid Khan

Rashid Khan has a fast bowler's mindset in a spinner's body with an uncompromising attitude when it comes to ripping his googlies and leg-breaks off the surface at nearly 100 kmph. At 23, the Afghan spinner is the most sought-after T20 freelancer on the global league circuit with 436 wickets in 312 games. Having started the season with an impressive 1/27 for Gujarat Titans, Rashid is extremely hopeful that he can replicate his Sunrisers Hyderabad form for the Hardik Pandya-led franchise.

So is Rashid an"aggressive fast bowler at heart" or "a scientist" ready to pull off new tricks? "I am a "spin fast" bowler because of the pace at which I bowl. It is very hard to spin the ball at that pace and for that I think that it requires a different kind of skill-set," Rashid told PTI in an exclusive interview. "The speed at which I bowl is somewhere between 96 kmph to 100 kmph.

It is hard to generate turn at that pace but I would rather bowl at that speed than bring it down to 70 to 75 kmph. "I have always been a big fan of bowling quick leg spin. I have just been trying different experiments with my bowling in the nets and it's really helping," he added.

I am not conventional wrist spinner, 'mystery' is in consistencyThe term 'mystery spinner' is a loosely used jargon to describe any slow bowler that batters find difficult to read over a consistent period of time. "I don't always consider myself as a leg-spinner, because, spinners use a lot of wrists and I don't use my wrists that much. I just use top of my fingers and so I am a finger spinner as well in that sense," he said.