Haris Rauf set to be recalled by Melbourne Stars
After being dropped by Melbourne Stars for the last two games in favour of Dale Steyn, Haris Rauf is set to earn a recall after Sandeep Lamichhane's injury.
Haris Rauf is set to make his Big Bash League (BBL) return on Thursday when the Melbourne Stars take on the Sydney Thunder.
Rauf's recall comes after Nepalese spinner Sandeep Lamichhane picked up an injury.
The Stars are hoping that Lamichhane will be fit for the Stars’ match against their crosstown rivals, the Melbourne Renegades, on Saturday.
Being brought in to cover for South Africa's Dale Steyn, Haris Rauf took the BBL by storm.
In his BBL debut against the Brisbane Heat, which the Stars won by 22 runs, Rauf took 2-20 off his four overs, which included a wicket off his very first ball.
He followed that up with a five-wicket haul in the Melbourne Stars’ 52-run win over the Hobart Hurricanes.
Rauf dismissed Hurricanes captain Ben McDermott, Macalister Wright, Thomas Rogers, Qais Ahmad and Nathan Ellis to finish with figures of 5-27 off his four overs.
However, he was dropped for the Stars’ next two games against the Adelaide Strikers and Hobart Hurricanes after Steyn was declared fit to play.
The Stars lost to the Strikers by five runs, but bounced back to beat the Hurricanes by four runs.
The Stars currently sit in third place on the BBL standings after four games, of which they have won three and lost one.
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