Rahmat Shah – Profile, Stats & Recent Form

Personal details

Full nameRahmat Shah Zurmatai

Born6 Jul 1993

Age33 Years

NationalityAfghanistan

RoleAll-rounder

BattingRight Hand Bat

BowlingRight Arm Leg Spin

Career at a glance

Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Test	13	1216	50.67	52.46	1	3.78
ODI	133	4343	35.89	72.21	15	5.87
T20I	1	3	3	50	0	0
T20	61	1121	21.98	120.15	16	7.67
List A	198	6819	38.74	76.69	60	5.6
First-class	36	2382	44.11	49.86	17	3.23

Debuts

TestIndia vs Afghanistan at Bengaluru14 Jun 2018

ODIScotland vs Afghanistan at Sharjah6 Mar 2013

First Class Scotland vs Afghanistan, Abu Dhabi12 Mar 2013

List AAfghanistan vs Fsldb/Rawal at Lahore10 Feb 2013

T20MAK vs BEAD at Kabul12 Sep 2017

Batting

Format	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Test	13	24	0	1216	234	50.67	2318	52.46	4	6	126	8	8
ODI	133	128	7	4343	143	35.89	6014	72.21	6	33	356	40	29
T20I	1	1	0	3	3	3	6	50	0	0	0	0	0
T20	61	57	6	1121	69	21.98	933	120.15	0	5	103	37	25
List A	198	190	14	6819	149	38.74	8891	76.69	11	50	597	88	51
First-class	36	57	3	2382	234	44.11	4777	49.86	6	13	289	16	20

Bowling

Format	M	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	5W
Test	13	4	14	53	1	1/34	53	3.78	0
ODI	133	29	90.3	532	15	5/32	35.46	5.87	1
T20	61	19	41.5	321	16	3/25	20.06	7.67	0
List A	198	68	306	1716	60	5/32	28.6	5.6	2
First-class	36	25	169.2	548	17	5/94	32.23	3.23	0

By tournament

Tournament	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Asia Cup	8	209	72	26.13	71.82	1	6.33
ICC Champions Trophy	3	106	90	35.33	86.89	0	–
ICC Cricket World Cup	18	574	77	33.76	70.95	1	9.00
Shpageeza Cricket League	29	462	61	19.25	116.96	8	7.14

Against teams

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
India	1	3	3	3.00	50.00	0	0

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
Ireland	32	1070	143	36.90	74.46	5	3
Zimbabwe	18	774	114	48.38	75.81	7	1
Sri Lanka	13	546	72	42.00	80.29	7	0
Bangladesh	20	524	71	27.58	63.59	5	0
West Indies	8	303	68	37.88	64.06	4	0
South Africa	6	181	90	30.17	70.16	2	0
India	7	151	79	21.57	67.41	1	0
Pakistan	4	148	77	49.33	82.68	1	0
Australia	3	85	43	28.33	68.00	0	0
England	3	53	46	17.67	58.24	0	0
New Zealand	2	36	36	18.00	54.55	0	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Ireland	6	3	104	34.67	4.73	44.00
Bangladesh	5	3	113	37.67	5.65	40.00
Pakistan	1	1	6	6.00	5.14	7.00
India	3	1	53	53.00	5.89	54.00
Zimbabwe	3	1	73	73.00	9.13	48.00
Afghanistan	2	1	21	21.00	–	0.00
New Zealand	1	0	21	–	–	–
South Africa	1	0	12	–	12.00	–
England	1	0	19	–	9.50	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
Zimbabwe	8	652	234	81.50	52.37	1	3
Bangladesh	6	297	105	59.40	47.98	1	2
Ireland	4	183	98	45.75	52.59	2	0
Sri Lanka	2	145	91	72.50	56.20	2	0
India	4	91	60	22.75	52.91	1	0
West Indies	2	4	4	2.00	25.00	0	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Bangladesh	2	1	34	34.00	4.25	48.00
Sri Lanka	1	0	10	–	3.33	–
Zimbabwe	1	0	9	–	3.00	–

Last 10 innings · batting

173vs ZIM

43vs ZIM

67*vs BAN

7vs ZIM

105 & 51*vs BAN

143*vs IRE

2vs IRE

4vs IRE

30vs IRE

0vs AS

Test vs ZIM5 Nov 2026 · st TE Tsiga b G Cremer 173(347) ODI vs ZIM23 Oct 2026 · c RP Burl b W Madhevere 43(63) ODI vs BAN21 Oct 2026 · Not out 67*(90) ODI vs ZIM19 Oct 2026 · b E Masuku 7(12) Test vs BAN9 Oct 2026 · Not out & c L Das b EH Chowdhury 105 & 51*(216 & 124) ODI vs IRE15 Aug 2026 · Not out 143*(133) ODI vs IRE12 Aug 2026 · c P Stirling b L McCarthy 2(4) ODI vs IRE10 Aug 2026 · b MR Adair 4(8) ODI vs IRE7 Aug 2026 · c A Balbirnie b G Hoey 30(33) T20 vs AS15 Jul 2026 · c S Kamal b F Farooqi 0(1)

Last 10 innings · bowling

0/9vs AS

1/26vs SG

3/28vs AM

0/11vs MAK

2/17vs SG

0/10vs SL

0/12vs SA

1/6vs PAK

1 & 0/30 & 4vs BAN

0/2vs MD

T20 vs AS24 Jul 2025 0/9 T20 vs SG19 Aug 2024 1/26 T20 vs AM18 Aug 2024 3/28 T20 vs MAK7 May 2024 0/11 T20 vs SG6 May 2024 2/17 Test vs SL2 Feb 2024 0/10 ODI vs SA10 Nov 2023 0/12 ODI vs PAK22 Aug 2023 1/6 Test vs BAN14 Jun 2023 1 & 0/30 & 4 List A vs MD15 May 2023 0/2

About Rahmat Shah

Rahmat Shah Zurmatai is an Afghan cricketer who represents the Afghanistan Men's National Cricket Team in international cricket. Rahmat Shah is right-handed and bowls part-time leg-breaks. He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Afghanistan's first ever Test match, against India, in June 2018. Rahmat Shah was the team's new Test captain, replacing Asghar Afghan in April 2019. Rahmat was born on July 6, 1993, in the town of Zurmat in Paktia Province, Afghanistan.

International Career

Rahmat Shah got his first international exposure when he was named in a number of first-class and One-Day International squads for Afghanistan. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Afghanistan against Scotland on March 6, 2013. He made his test debut against India in 2018.

Domestic Career

Shah plays for Mis Ainak Region in domestic cricket. In the 2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament, he finished with 258 runs in five matches and eight dismissals. Rahmat Shah made his Twenty20 debut for Band-e-Amir Dragons in the 2017 Shpageeza Cricket League on September 12, 2017.

In April 2019, Rahmat Shah was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.

Career Statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	2	56	13	75
Runs	192	1,805	741	2,256
Batting Average	48.00	35.39	49.40	35.80
100s/50s	0/2	3/13	2/4	4/14
Top Score	98	114	144	114
Balls Bowled	-	416	842	1,427
Wickets	-	12	15	45
Bowling Average	-	34.17	28.73	30.64
Best Bowling	-	5/32	3/30	5/32
Catches/Stumpings	1/-	13/-	8/-	18/-

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