Khan took three wickets to dismiss Ravichandran Ashwin (two), Riyan Parag (four) and West Indian Shimron Hetmyer (seven) and took an impressive 3-14 in his four-over spell.
He was ably supported by 18-year-old wrist-spinner Ahmed, who removed Devdutt Padikkal (12) and Dhruv Jurel (nine) to take 2-25 in three overs.
“I let Rashid handle the business of dealing with the spinners along with Noor. They speak the same language (Pashtun), and there is no one better than Rashid,” said Gujarat captain Hardik Pandya.
Khan now has 18 wickets in the tournament this season and admitted that he is happy to be back in form after going wicketless at 54 against Kolkata last week.
“It was a bad day for me. I bowled some bad balls which got punished.’