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| Full name | Rashid Khan Arman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1998-09-20)20 September 1998 (age 26) Nangarhar Province,Afghanistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg break googly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowling All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 9) | 14 June 2018 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 2 January 2025 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 36) | 18 October 2015 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 11 November 2024 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 27) | 26 October 2015 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 11 December 2024 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Comilla Victorians | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Guyana Amazon Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–present | Band-e-Amir Dragons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017/18–present | Adelaide Strikers(squad no. 19) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019, 2021–present | Sussex(squad no. 1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Kabul Zwanan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Durban Heat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Barbados Royals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Lahore Qalandars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Gujarat Titans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | St Kitts & Nevis Patriots | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | MI Cape Town | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | MI New York | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rashid Khan Arman (Pashto:راشد خان ارمان; born 20 September 1998) is an Afghan internationalcricketer and captain of theAfghanistan national team in theT20I format.[1] In franchise leagues, he plays forGujarat Titans in theIndian Premier League (IPL),Adelaide Strikers in Australia'sBig Bash League (BBL),Lahore Qalandars in thePakistan Super League (PSL),Band-e-Amir Dragons in Afghanistan'sShpageeza Cricket League andMI New York inMajor League Cricket (MLC). Hebowls right-armleg spin and is an aggressive right-handedbatsman.[2]
He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Afghanistan's firstTest match, againstIndia, in June 2018. He returned the most expensive bowling figures by a debutant in a nation's maiden Test match.[3] In September 2019, he led the team in the one-off Testagainst Bangladesh, and at the age of 20 years and 350 days, became the youngest cricketer to captain a Test match side.[4]
In June 2017, he took the best bowling figures for an associate nation in aOne Day International (ODI) match.[5][6] In February 2018, he became the youngest player to top theICC Player Rankings for bowlers in ODIs.[7] Later the same month, he also topped the ICC Player Rankings for bowlers in T20Is.[8] In September 2018, he became the number one player in the ICC'sall-rounder rankings, following his performance at the2018 Asia Cup.[9]
In March 2018, during the2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, hecaptained Afghanistan for the first time in an ODI match. At the age of 19 years and 165 days, he became the youngest player to captain an international side.[10] In the final of the Cricket World Cup Qualifier, against theWest Indies, Khan became the fastest and youngest bowler to take 100 wickets in ODIs when he dismissedShai Hope.[11] He took 44 matches to take his 100th dismissal, breaking the previous record of 52 matches, set byMitchell Starc of Australia.[11] In June 2018, he became the fastest bowler, in terms of time, to take 50 wickets in T20Is. He reached the milestone in two years and 220 days, in the first T20Iagainst Bangladesh.[12] In October 2021, he also became the fastest bowler, in terms of matches, to take100 wickets in T20I cricket, in his 53rd match.[13]
In April 2019, theAfghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) named Khan as the team's new T20I captain, replacingAsghar Afghan.[14] Khan was also appointed as the vice-captain of the ODI squad.[15] In June 2019, during the2019 Cricket World Cup, Khan played in his 100th international cricket match for Afghanistan.[16] Following the World Cup, Khan was appointed as captain of the Afghanistan cricket team across all formats.[17] However, in December 2019, the ACB reappointed Asghar Afghan as the captain of the Afghanistan cricket team across all formats.[18] In December 2020, Khan was named theICC Men's T20I Player of the Decade.[19]
Rashid Khan was born in 1998 inNangarhar, Eastern Afghanistan.[20] His family, including ten siblings, hails fromJalalabad and owned a tire business in Nangarhar until theAfghan war.[21][22] When he was young, his family fled the Afghan war and lived inPakistan for a few years.[22] Rashid grew up playing cricket with his brothers and idolised Pakistani all-rounderShahid Afridi, after whom he stylised his bowling action, and South African batsmanAB de Villiers.[23][24][20] Although initially more proficient as a batsman, he later excelled in leg-spin bowling.[21]
Rashid attended theIslamia College Peshawar, where he studiedcomputer science until 2013, having gained admission due to his sports skills.[21] He came to prominence in 2014 when he performed notably in matches played inPeshawar when Afghan cricket team visited Pakistan.[21]
Rashid was married on October 3, 2024, in Kabul, sharing this special occasion with his three brothers, who also tied the knot on the same day.[25]
He made hisOne Day International (ODI) debut forAfghanistanagainst Zimbabwe on 18 October 2015.[26] He made hisTwenty20 International (T20I) debut, also against Zimbabwe, on 26 October.[27]
On 10 March 2017, Khan took his maidenT20I five-wicket haul at the second T20Iagainst Ireland. His figures of five wickets for three runs is the best bowling performance by an Afghan cricket in a T20I and the joint fourth-best figures in all T20Is.[28] He became the first player to take a five-wicket haul in two overs in a T20I match.[29] Afghanistan won the match and Rashid andNajeeb Tarakai shared the man of the match award.[30]
In theODI series against Ireland, along withPaul Stirling, they became the first pair of bowlers from different teams to each take six wickets in the same ODI.[31]
On 9 June, he took his second ODI five-wicket haul, finishing with figures of 7 wickets for 18 runsagainst the West Indies atGros Islet. It was the fourth best ODI bowling figures and first by an associate nation cricketer to take 7 wickets.[32][33] Afghanistan defended its total of 212 runs and won the match by 63 runs, and Khan was adjudged man of the match.[34]
In January 2018, theInternational Cricket Council (ICC) named him as the Associate Cricketer of the Year.[35] The following month, he was named as the stand-in captain of the Afghanistan team for the2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament, while Afghanistan's regular captain,Asghar Stanikzai, recovered from having his appendix removed.[36] In February 2018, the ICC named Khan as one of the ten players to watch ahead of the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament.[37]
In April 2018, he was named in theRest of the World XI squad for theone-off T20I against theWest Indies, which was played atLord's on 31 May 2018.[38] In February 2019, in the third T20I matchagainst Ireland, he took ahat-trick and four wickets with four balls.[39]
In May 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for their inauguralTest match, playedagainst India.[40][41] He made his Test debut for Afghanistan, against India, on 14 June 2018.[42] On his Test debut he conceded 154 runs in the first innings of the match, becoming the first bowler to concede more than 150 runs in their inaugural Test appearance of any player's country. Rashid's figures of 2 for 154 in the first innings was also the highest number of runs conceded by a bowler in country's inaugural Test match, beating the previous record held byAmir Elahi, who conceded 134 runs during Pakistan's debut Test against India in 1952.[43][44] During the Afghanistan's inaugural test match he along withWafadar set a new record for becoming the first pair of teenagers to concede more than 100 runs each in nation's inaugural Test match.[3]
In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off matchagainst Ireland in India.[45][46] In the second innings, he took five wickets for 82 runs,[47] becoming the first bowler for Afghanistan to take afive-wicket haul in a Test match.[48]
In April 2019, he was named inAfghanistan's squad for the2019 Cricket World Cup.[49][50] TheInternational Cricket Council (ICC) named him as one of the five exciting talents making their Cricket World Cup debut.[51] On 1 June 2019, in Afghanistan's opening match againstAustralia, Khan played in his 100th international cricket match. This included one game with aWorld XI side in theHurricane Relief T20 Challenge in May 2018.[52] Three days later, againstSri Lanka, Khan played in his 100th international match for Afghanistan.[16] On 18 June 2019, in the match against England, Rashid bowled the most expensive spell in a Cricket World Cup match, conceding 110 runs from his nine overs.[53]
Following the 2019 Cricket World Cup, Rashid was appointed as captain of the Afghanistan cricket team across all three formats.[54][55] His first Test match as captain wasagainst Bangladesh in September 2019. Afghanistan won the match by 224 runs.[56] Rashid Khan became the first bowler for Afghanistan to take aten-wicket haul in Tests, and was the first cricketer to score a fifty and take a ten-wicket haul in his debut match as captain in a Test match.[57] In December 2019, theAfghanistan Cricket Board reappointedAsghar Afghan as the national captain across all three formats.[58]
In November 2020, Khan was nominated for the ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Decade award,[59][60] winning the accolade the following month.[61] In July 2021, Khan was again named the captain of Afghanistan's T20I team.[62] In September 2021, Khan was named the captain of Afghanistan's squad for the2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[63] However, after the squad was named, Khan stepped down as the team's captain,[64] stating that the selection committee had not gained his consent for the team.[65] On 7 November 2021, in Afghanistan's T20 World Cup match against New Zealand, Khan took his 400th wicket in Twenty20 cricket.[66]
In December 2022, Rashid was once again appointed as captain of Afghanistan in T20I format,[67] afterMohammad Nabi resigned from captaincy following the2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[68]
In May 2024, he was named captain of Afghanistan’s squad for the2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[69]
On 7 December 2016 he made hisfirst-class debut, for Afghanistan against theEngland Lions inAbu Dhabi, taking 4 for 48 and 8 for 74, and scoring 25not out and 52.[70]
In February 2017, he was bought bySunrisers Hyderabad for the2017 Indian Premier League (IPL) for₹4 crore (A$740,000) (equivalent to A$824,430 in 2022).[71][72] He was also amongst the two first-ever Afghan players to be selected for the IPL.[73]
He made his IPL debut in the opening fixture of the 2017 tournament, taking two wickets, as the Sunrisers Hyderabad won the match by 35 runs.[74] He finished the tournament as the sixth-highest wicket-taker with 17 wickets from 14 matches.[6]
On 5 May 2018, during the2018 Indian Premier League, Khan played in his 100th Twenty20 match. He took two wickets, affected arun out, and was named the man of the match.[75][76] In March 2022, he played as the vice-captain for theGujarat Titans inIPL 2022.[77]
On 9 April 2023, during the2023 Indian Premier League, he took a hat-trick againstKolkata Knight Riders with figures of 3 for 37, becoming the fourth player to take a hat-trick in IPL history.[78]
A month after getting selected in the IPL, he was bought byGuyana Amazon Warriors for $60,000[clarification needed] to play in the2017 Caribbean Premier League (CPL).[79] In September 2017, he took ahat-trick for Guyana Amazon Warriors, the first hat-trick in the history of the CPL.[80]
In July 2020, he was named in theBarbados Tridents squad for the2020 Caribbean Premier League.[81][82] On 20 August 2020, in the match against theSt Lucia Zouks, Khan took his 300th wicket in Twenty20 cricket. At the age of 21 years and 335 days, became the youngest bowler to take 300 wickets in T20 cricket.[83] He also became the fastest to take 300 wickets in the format, doing so in 213 matches.[84]
In September 2017, he signed withAdelaide Strikers to play in the2017–18 Big Bash League, he later went on to win the tournament.[85][86] On 8 January 2020, in a match duringBBL|09 against theSydney Sixers, Rashid took the fifthhat-trick in the history of the BBL.[87] Since joining the Strikers, he has cemented himself as a fan's favourite in Adelaide.[88][89]
On 12 January 2022, in the2021–22 Big Bash League season, Khan played in his 300th Twenty20 match. In the game he took six wickets for 17 runs, his career-best figures, and the third-best figures in the BBL.[90]
In September 2018, he was named as the Icon Player forKabul Zwanan's squad in thefirst edition of theAfghanistan Premier League tournament.[91] Despite being on the losing side in the final, he was named as the player of the tournament.[92]
In November 2017, he was selected to play for theQuetta Gladiators in2018 Pakistan Super League players draft.[93]
In October 2018, thePakistan Super League (PSL) drafts revealed that Rashid Khan was included in the 14-men Platinum Category.[94] For the 2021 edition ofPakistan Super League, he was named as the first Platinum Pick for theLahore Qalandars and played his first match againstPeshawar Zalmi.[95][96]
In October 2017, he was signed bySussex County Cricket Club to play in theNatWest T20 Blast in England.[97] During the first-ever player draft forThe Hundred, Rashid was the first pick for theTrent Rockets, in the top price band (£125,000).[98] In October 2018, he was named inDurban Heat's squad for thefirst edition of theMzansi Super League T20 tournament.[99][100] In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Rotterdam Rhinos in theinaugural edition of theEuro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[101][102] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[103] In December 2021, Khan was again signed by Sussex for the 2022 T20 Blast tournament in England.[104] In April 2022, he was bought by theTrent Rockets for the2022 season ofThe Hundred.[105] In June 2023, he was signed byMI New York to play in the United States'Major League Cricket.[106]
He builds pressure not just through dot balls but through his rapid approach to the crease and quickness through the air, bowling at a pace akin to his idol Shahid Afridi.
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