
Rashid Khan
Afghan cricketer
Date of Birth | : | 20 September, 1998 (Age 26) |
Place of Birth | : | Nangarhar, Afghanistan |
Profession | : | Cricket Player |
Nationality | : | Afghan |
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Rashid Khan Arman (রশীদ খান) is an Afghan international cricketer and captain of the Afghanistan national team in the T20I format. In franchise leagues, he plays for Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Adelaide Strikers in Australia's Big Bash League (BBL), Lahore Qalandars in the Pakistan Super League (PSL), Band-e-Amir Dragons in Afghanistan's Shpageeza Cricket League and MI New York in Major League Cricket (MLC). He bowls right-arm leg spin and is an aggressive right-handed batsman.
He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Afghanistan's first Test match, against India, in June 2018. He returned the most expensive bowling figures by a debutant in a nation's maiden Test match. In September 2019, he led the team in the one-off Test against Bangladesh, and at the age of 20 years and 350 days, became the youngest cricketer to captain a Test match side.
Early life and education
Rashid Khan was born in 1998 in Nangarhar, Eastern Afghanistan. His family, including ten siblings, hails from Jalalabad and owned a tyre business in Nangarhar until the Afghan war. Rashid's family fled the war and lived in Pakistan for a few years.
Rashid grew up playing cricket with his brothers and idolised Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi, after whom he stylised his bowling action, and South African batsman AB de Villiers. Although initially more proficient as a batsman, he later excelled in leg-spin bowling.
Rashid attended the Islamia College Peshawar, where he studied computer science until 2013, having gained admission due to his sports skills. He came to prominence in 2014 when he performed notably in matches played in Peshawar when the Afghan cricket team toured Pakistan.
International career
He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Afghanistan against Zimbabwe on 18 October 2015. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut, also against Zimbabwe, on 26 October.
On 10 March 2017, Khan took his maiden T20I five-wicket haul at the second T20I against 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. He became the first player to take a five-wicket haul in two overs in a T20I match. Afghanistan won the match and Rashid and Najeeb Tarakai shared the man of the match award.
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