Rashid Khan produced the first five-wicket haul of his Hundred career as MI London beat the Manchester Super Giants by 45 runs at The Kia Oval on 2 August 2026. The win lifted MI London to second place in the Men's Hundred table. BBC Sport

The Hundred — cricket's 100-balls-per-side tournament — had never seen Rashid take five in a single match before. Across all short-format cricket (T20s and Hundred matches combined), it was only his fifth five-wicket haul. ESPNcricinfo

For context, a five-wicket haul in any format is a bowler's equivalent of a century — a statistical marker that a single player has dominated the opposition's batting line-up. For a leg-spinner in a 100-ball game, where every delivery counts double and batters are swinging freely, it is rarer still.

Rashid, 27, was the first-ever men's draft pick when The Hundred launched — a signal of how highly teams rated the Afghan wrist-spinner long before this performance. His squad at MI London includes Sam Curran, Will Jacks and Nicholas Pooran, a lineup built around match-winners across disciplines. BBC Sport

One moment of individual brilliance came from the opposition: Tom Curran was bowled by Nikhil Chaudhary during the Manchester chase, a delivery that cleaned up the stumps. BBC Sport But the night belonged to Rashid, whose five wickets dismantled whatever resistance Manchester could muster.

What makes this stand out is the rarity meeting the moment. Five-wicket hauls are scarce in the shortest formats because bowlers get so few deliveries to work with. Rashid's previous four came across years of T20 cricket around the globe. To produce his fifth on home soil for MI London — and to have it directly swing the table — is the kind of all-round impact franchises dream of when they spend their top draft pick.

MI London now sit second. The Manchester Super Giants, meanwhile, are left to regroup.