Afghanistan’s all-rounder Rashid Khan is one of the greatest finds of the Afghanistan cricket team. He has impressed one and all with his impeccable performances for his national side and his IPL franchise. However, besides his performances, his age has become one of the most discussed topics among the fans.
Well, in the recent times, a lot has been said and written about the age of Rashid Khan. As per his records, the Afghanistan all-rounder was born on September 20, 1998, however, he doesn’t look like a cricketer in his early 20s. His physique and looks match a complete adult and the same has always been one of the talking point among the fans.
Many cricket websites and magazins have tried to dig out his story but nothing has come up as yet. However, this doesn’t stop the fans from taking a dig at him every now and then. Every now and then we see fans taking a dig at him over his age.
Lately, a tweet has been going viral on the micro-blogging site, where the twitter user named ‘Kartik Jayaraman’ has taken a dig at Rashid Khan’s age.
In his tweet, Kartik compared Sam Curran and Rashid Khan by sharing pictures of them from 9 years ago. While Sam Curran looks like a kid in the picture, on the other hand, Rashid no where looks like a kid in the second picture. In fact going by the picture, it seems Sam Curran also hide his real age. Sharing the picture, the twitter user wrote:
“Sam Curran – current age 22
Pic taken 9 years ago
Rashid Khan – current age 22
Pic taken 8 years ago”
Here, check out the Tweet:
Sam Curran – current age 22
Pic taken 9 years agoRashid Khan – current age 22
Pic taken 8 years ago pic.twitter.com/D6KKzDR0AP— Kartik (@elitecynic) December 5, 2020
Meanwhile the tweet is going viral and has been flooded with reactions from the fans, who are divided regarding this.
Here, check out the reactions of Twitterati on this:
Rashid Khan’s T-shirt reads “Boom Boom”…..now you have your answer.
— The Lying Lama 2.0 (@KyaUkhaadLega) December 6, 2020
Reality of a lot of south asian players. Look at Prithvi Shaw, he has hair loss and he is just 21(or 22). I have relatives in Ranchi, and they have known Dhoni’s family. They say that Dhoni is atleast 5 years older than his official age.
— Rishabh (@RRAJ_17) December 6, 2020
https://twitter.com/Padm32516543/status/1335430263422140417?s=20
Woah woah, don’t be so dramatic,
In our part of the world sometimes kids have to fake a moustache to play with older kids, nothing wrong with that— syed asad (@zamzmaa88) December 5, 2020
Age is just a number, whatever his age maybe @rashidkhan_19 has been a revelation
— Anupam Kumar (@anupamkumar01) December 6, 2020
Afganistan is near to Pakistan… Hope you got my point…
— Ramachandran (@Rama_Chandran_K) December 5, 2020
Most Afghan cricketers are 4-5 years older than their official age. Mujeeb and a few are exceptions i think. Max 1 year.
— Krishna Kumar (@KrishnaKRM) December 6, 2020
Then how he looks like 2017 ….as a young guy….1st u look at his face …???? pic.twitter.com/15lXbQLn2V
— #be ìsmart? (@OrangeJersy) December 6, 2020
This is his Facebook profile picture from 2014 when he apparently was 14 years old!
It seems he might’ve hit puberty at 9 years of age! ?? pic.twitter.com/tUcU9pBpHh— Adi (@adinegi09) December 6, 2020