India, Aug. 13 -- The Birmingham Phoenix needed 61 from 25 balls with six wickets in the bank when the Oval Invincibles drew their trump card, Rashid Khan out. The Afghanistan leg-spinner is an ideal choice in such a situation to completely shut the chase with a boundary-less over or a couple of wickets.
Cricket, however, is a funny game. The exact opposite happened. Liam Livingstone got stuck into Rashid Khan, hitting arguably one of the best white-ball spinners in the world, for three sixes and two fours. The five-ball over yielded 26 runs. Rashid Khan went for 59 runs in his 20 balls -- the most expensive spell in The Hundred and the most expensive in his entire T20 career (The Hundred matches are recorded as T20 games)
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