Rashid Khan savours 'dream' IPL captaincy after leading Gujarat to victory over Chennai

Rashid Khan said it was a "dream" to captain the Gujarat Titans after the Afghanistan spinner led his team to victory against Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

With regular skipper Hardik Pandya sitting out the match with injury on Sunday, Rashid was put in charge of the IPL debutants, who restricted holders Chennai to 169-5 in Pune.

Gujarat then found themselves in all sorts of trouble at 16-3 in the fourth over before David Miller conjured an unbeaten 94 and Rashid smashed 40 off 21 balls to seal a dramatic three-wicket victory with a ball to spare.

"It's a kind of dream captaining the team, but overall the win made it memorable," Rashid said after Gujarat earned their fifth win in six matches to lead the points table.

"Delivering with the bat, it was very special. I've been working hard on my batting. I consider myself an all-rounder, and I want to fulfil that responsibility."

With Gujarat needing 48 runs from 18 balls, Rashid smacked three sixes and a four in Chris Jordan's third over, which yielded 25 runs.

"That was the time I had to step up with the short boundary in play. I told him (Miller) that if we can get 20 in that over, we can chase 30 in the last two," Rashid said. "Luckily he (Jordan) bowled where I wanted him to."

An innings to remember