Rashid Khan

Rashid Khan Armaan is an Afghan player who became the youngest captain to lead an international team. He is one of the most celebrated stars of T20 cricket globally. He has plenty of records to his name. He has gradually become the face of Afghanistan cricket.

Biography - About Rashid Khan

Rashid Khan is a name that appears first whenever someone says Afghanistan cricket team. He is the secret weapon the captain of the team uses in crunch situations while fielding. Rashid is regarded as a mystery spinner who can deceive the batters with variations, including his wily googly deliveries.

Rashid Khan spent a part of his younger days in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan during the Afghan War before he returned to his normal life in Afghanistan. He idolizes the Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi, who also hails from Pashtun ethnicity — the same as Rashid Khan.

Rashid Khan - Along the Years

Rashid Khan Records

Rashid Khan has plenty of records to his name as he has been a bright player for the Afghanistan cricket team.

• Rashid Khan holds the record for the best bowling figures for an associate nation in One Day Internationals. He achieved this record in 2017 against West Indies.

• Rashid Khan also holds the record for being the youngest player to become the No. 1 bowler in One Day International Rankings of the ICC.

• He is also the youngest player to reach the top spot in the ICC T20I bowlers rankings.

• Rashid Khan is also the youngest player (19 years 165 days) to lead an international squad.

• Rashid also holds the record for taking the least time in reaching the 50 wickets mark in T20 Internationals. He took only 2 years and 220 days to do so.

• Rashid Khan is also the youngest player to take 100 wickets in One Day Internationals. He is also the fastest player to do so in only 44 matches.

• Rashid also holds the record for having the best bowling figures for Afghanistan with 5 wickets for 3 runs.

• He is also the first player to take 5 wickets in only 2 overs in a T20I.

• With the Irish player Paul Stirling, Rashid Khan holds the record for taking the most wickets from different teams in the same One Day International match. Both the players had taken 6 wickets in the match.

• He is also one of the few players to have taken 4 wickets in 4 balls.

• Rashid Khan also holds the record for conceding the most runs in an inaugural Test match (152 runs).

• He also holds the record for bowling the most expensive spell in a World Cup with 110 runs in 9 overs.

• Rashid Khan is the first Afghan bowler to take a 5-wicket and a 10-wicket haul in Test matches.

• He is also the first player to take a 10-wicket haul as a captain in Test matches.

• Rashid Khan is also the first player to score a half-century and take 10 wickets in the same Test match.

• Rashid Khan also holds the record for taking the first-ever hat-trick in the Caribbean Premier League. He took his hat trick in the 2017 season.

• Rashid also picked a hat-trick in the Big Bash League for Adelaide Strikers against Sydney Sixers in 2020.

• Rashid is the fastest bowler to complete 100 dismissals in T20 Internationals. The spinner took 53 matches to better former Sri Lanka skipper Lasith Malinga's record of 76 games.

• Rashid Khan recorded his career-best T20 bowling figures of 6/17 during a match for Adelaide Strikers against Brisbane Heat in the BBL 2021-22 season.

• Rashid Khan is the joint-quickest spin bowler to achieve 100 IPL wickets along with Amit Mishra.

• Rashid Khan is one of the four bowlers in the world to claim more than 450 wickets in T20 cricket, including T20 Internationals and franchise cricket.

• Rashid has the second-best career bowling average - 18.65 - in ODI cricket.

Rashid Khan Awards

• Rashid was named 'ICC Men's T20I Player of the Decade 2011-2020 in December 2020.

• Featured in ICC's T20I team of the decade.

• Rashid won the Associate Cricketer of the Year Award in 2017.

Rashid Khan Career

Rashid Khan has had a bright career so far in all three formats of the game. His career has a lot to boast about, as he has a lot of remarkable achievements to his name. He is one of the best leg spinners of all time and also the poster boy of the Afghanistan cricket team. He is playing in various T20 leagues in the world and has proved his excellence. . 

Rashid Khan's Domestic Career

Rashid Khan plays for Band e Amir Dragons in the domestic cricket of Afghanistan. He has scored a half-century as well as taken 55 wickets in the First Class Matches so far.

Rashid Khan IPL and other Franchise Cricket Career

Rashid Khan has been playing for various teams across the World. At present, he is an active member of Gujrat Titans in the Indian Premier League, Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League, and Sussex County in the English County Cricket.

He emerged as the sixth-highest wicket-taker in the 2017 season of the Indian Premier League while playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad. In the 2018 season, he was retained by the franchise and emerged as the second-highest wicket-taker in the league with 21 wickets. In the 2019 season of the Indian Premier League, Rashid Khan finished with 16 wickets in 15 matches. In the 2022 mega Auction SRH released the Afghan leggie and since then he has been an active member of Gujrat Titans. In 2023 Rashid Khan got his first hat trick during GT vs KKR and became the 19th bowler to do so. 

In the 2017 Caribbean Premier League, Rashid Khan took a Hat-trick and finished as the fourth-highest wicket-taker in the league with 14 wickets. In the 2017-18 Big Bash League, Rashid Khan finished as a member of the winning team and also as the highest wicket-taker with 18 wickets in 11 matches.

Rashid Khan has also played for teams such as Comilla Victorians, Kabul Zwanan, and Durban Heat in the past seasons of the respective leagues.

After spending five seasons with the Orange Army, with 76 games and 93 wickets Rashid departed as the franchise's second-most wicket-taker. The spinner was drafted by Gujarat Titans as their second-choice player ahead of the IPL 2022 auction.

In the 2017 Caribbean Premier League, Rashid Khan took a Hat-trick and finished as the fourth-highest wicket-taker in the league with 14 wickets.

In the 2017-18 Big Bash League, Rashid Khan finished as a member of the winning team and also as the highest wicket-taker with 18 wickets in 11 matches. Rashid is Adelaide Strikers' highest wicket-taker in the tournament with 92 scalps in 61 matches at 16.69. The Afghan spinner extended his stay with the Adelaide outfit after they retained him for BBL 2022-23 in the first selection in BBL 12 Draft.

Rashid Khan has also played for teams such as Comilla Victorians, Kabul Zwanan, and Durban Heat in the past seasons of the respective leagues. He has also played for Trent Rockets in The Hundred and MI Cape Town in SA20.

Rashid Khan International Career

Rashid Khan played his first match against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on 18 October 2015 which was an ODI. He took 1 wicket in the match. After becoming the youngest Afghanistan player to make his debut in International cricket he became the youngest leader in the world by becoming the captain of Afghanistan’s ODI team at the age of 19 years. Rashid is considered to be one of the best T20 bowlers in the world, he has the second most wickets in a T20 career after DJ Bravo. He is the leading wicket-taker for Afghanistan across all formats. 

Rashid Khan Test Career

Rashid Khan was one of the first players to play Test cricket for the Afghanistan cricket team and made his debut against India on 14 June 2018. India won the match and Rashid Khan proved to be an expensive bowler in the match, taking 2 wickets for 153 runs.

Rashid Khan was part of Afghanistan's historic team that played their maiden Test match against India in Bengaluru in June 2018. Rashid bowled the most expensive spell (2/154) by a bowler on his Test debut.

Playing in his second Test match against Ireland, Rashid claimed his first Test five-wicket haul with figures of 5/82 against Ireland in the second innings as Afghanistan won by seven wickets.

Rashid scored his maiden Test fifty against Bangladesh in September 2019 in Chittagong. It was the same match where Rashid became the youngest ever Test captain at the age of 20 years and 350 days to lead a side in the history of record books.

Rashid picked 5/55 in the first innings and went on to add six more in the second innings to complete his maiden 10-wicket haul in a Test match. Afghanistan thumped Bangladesh by 224 runs to win the one-off Test.

The leg-spinner registered another 10-wicket haul as he claimed figures of 4/138 and 7/137 against Zimbabwe to help Afghanistan seal a comfortable six-wicket win. Rashid played his last Test match in 2021 against Zimbabwe in Abu Dhabi. 

Rashid Khan's ODI career

Rashid Khan played his first match against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on 18 October 2015. He took just one wicket in his debut game.

In July 2016, Rashid picked 4/21 from eight overs, including a maiden against Ireland with Afghanistan winning by 79 runs.

Rashid mustered 6/43 against the same opposition during an ODI match at the Greater Noida Sports Complex in March 2017.

In the first ODI against West Indies, Rashid bagged his career-best figures - 7/18 - to rout West Indies for 149 all out while they were chasing 213 to win.

His dismissals included the likes of Shai Hope, Roston Chase and Jason Holder. He achieved his third five-for against Zimbabwe, picking five wickets for 24 runs from 8.3 overs in Sharjah in February 2018.

In September 2018, Rashid ranked the number one all-rounder ICC rankings on the back of his brilliance in the Asia Cup 2018.

Rashid had an unforgettable first 50-over World Cup in England and Wales in 2019. The leg-spinner did not bowl up to his potential and was taken to the cleaners. He picked just six wickets in nine games at an average of 69.33 and an economy rate of 5.79.

In Afghanistan's match against England, Rashid conceded the most expensive spell -110 runs without a wicket from nine overs - in a World Cup match and second worst in an ODI match.

In the ICC World Cup 2023, Afghanistan performed well and finished at number six. Rashid Khan has played nine games in which he took 11 wickets at an economy of 4.49. 

Rashid Khan T20I Career

The T20I debut for Rashid Khan came a few days after his ODI debut on 26 October 2015 at Bulawayo against Zimbabwe. The Afghan team won the match by 6 wickets and Rashid Khan took 1 wicket in the match.

Rashid made his Twenty20 International debut on October 26, 2015, against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo. His best bowling numbers in the format to date are 5 for 3 for two overs vs Ireland in the second T20I match in the 2017 bilateral series.

Rashid has picked 118 wickets in 71 matches at an average of 14.21 and an economy rate of 6.25. He is among the five bowlers to pick 100 T20 International wickets and the fastest bowler to achieve the feat in 44 games. Rashid has played two T20 World Cups for Afghanistan in 2016 (India) and 2021 (UAE). The spin bowler was named in Afghanistan's 15-member squad for T20 WC 2022 in Australia under the leadership of Mohammad Nabi.

Also see - Shaheen Afridi's Biography

Rashid Khan Captaincy

Rashid Khan has led the Afghan team on various occasions and was later appointed as the captain of the national team in all three formats of the game. He had successfully led the Afghan team into qualifying for the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup in the ICC World Cup Qualifiers of 2018.

He has a great record as the captain of the national team and is undefeated in Tests and T20 Internationals. In One Day Internationals, Rashid has led the team in 4 matches and has won only 1 match. In December 2019, he was dismissed as the captain of the team after the former captain Asghar Afghan was reappointed as the skipper in all three formats of the game.

In April 2019, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) named Rashid as the new T20I captain. Following Afghanistan's abysmal campaign in the 2019 World Cup, Rashid was given the charge across all formats. He led Afghanistan in a couple of Test matches against Bangladesh and West Indies.

In a sudden change in decision, the ACB reappointed Asghar Afghan as Afghanistan's skipper in all three formats in December 2019.

In July 2021, Rashid was once again appointed the T20I captain with Najibullah Zadran as his deputy in the format. Two months later in September, Rashid was named the captain of the 15-member squad to lead in the 2021 T20 World Cup in UAE. However, Rashid immediately stepped down from the role moments after the squad was announced. The leg-spinner alleged that his consent was not sought before finalizing the squad for the mega event.

Rashid led Afghanistan in seven ODIs and the same number of T20Is in white-ball formats. He won four T20Is but just one ODI game under his leadership.

Rashid Khan Family

Rashid Khan was born in a Pashtun family in Afghanistan and has 10 siblings. However, not much is known about his family as they are scattered all over Afghanistan. His father had passed away during the 2018 season of the Big Bash League. Rashid Khan was born in a Pashtun family in Afghanistan and has 10 siblings. However, not much is known about his family as they are scattered all over Afghanistan. His father had passed away during the 2018 season of the Big Bash League. In June 2020, Rashid's mother also passed away after a prolonged illness.

Rashid Khan's Net Worth 

As of 2024, Rashid Khan has an estimated net worth of around $ 4 million (INR 30 crore). The major sources of his income are franchise cricket, National contracts, and brand endorsements. 

Rashid Khan house

Rashid Khan Lives with his family in a luxurious Mansion in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Jalalabad is nearly 150 km away from Afghanistan’s capital Kabul. 

Rashid Khan Cars

Like other cricketers, Rashid Khan is also fond of expensive and luxurious cars. Some of his cars from his garage are a Land Rover Vouge and a Toyota Fortuner, in 2020 he auctioned his most expensive car Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV to raise funds for the victims of Australian bushfires.