Rahmat Shah Zurmatai (Pashto: رحمت شاه زرمتی; born 6 July 1993) is an Afghan cricketer who plays for the Afghanistan national cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman and an occasional leg break bowler.[1] He made his international debut in an ODI against Scotland in March 2013.[2] He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Afghanistan's first ever Test match, against India, in June 2018. In September 2019, in the one-off Test between Afghanistan and Bangladesh, Rahmat scored Afghanistan's first century in Test cricket.[3]
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Full name | Rahmat Shah Zurmatai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Zurmat, Paktia, Afghanistan | 6 July 1993|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side |
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Test debut (cap 8) | 14 June 2018 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 14 June 2023 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 29) | 6 March 2013 v Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 10 November 2023 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Only T20I (cap 54) | 11 January 2024 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Afghan Cheetahs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013/14–2014/15 | Mohammedan Sporting Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Mis Ainak Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 June 2023 |
Domestic career
editRahmat was named in a number of first-class and One-Day International squads for Afghanistan. He has played List A cricket for Afghanistan against Pakistan A and other domestic teams in Pakistan, such as Faisalabad and Rawalpindi.[4][5] He made his Twenty20 debut for Band-e-Amir Dragons in the 2017 Shpageeza Cricket League on 12 September 2017.[6]
In July 2018, Rahmat was the leading run-scorer for Mis Ainak Region in the 2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament, with 258 runs in five matches.[7] He was also the leading wicket-taker for the team in the tournament, with eight dismissals in five matches.[7]
International career
editRahmat made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Afghanistan against Scotland on 6 March 2013.[8] On 4 July 2016, he made his first century in an ODI during Afghanistan's tour of Scotland.[9][10]
In May 2018, Rahmat was named in Afghanistan's squad for their inaugural Test match, played against India.[11][12] He made his Test debut for Afghanistan, against India, on 14 June 2018.[13] In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off match against Ireland in India.[14][15]
In April 2019, Rahmat was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[16][17] He finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer for Afghanistan, with 254 runs in nine matches.[18]
In April 2019, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) named Shah as the team's new Test captain, replacing Asghar Afghan.[19][20] However, following the 2019 Cricket World Cup, Rashid Khan was named as the new captain of the Afghanistan cricket team across all three formats.[21] Therefore, Rahmat was replaced before captaining the team in a Test match.[22]
In September 2019, Rahmat scored a century in the one-off Test match against Bangladesh, becoming the first batsman for Afghanistan to score a century in a Test match.[23]
In January 2024, Shah was named in Afghanistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their series against India.[24] On 11 January 2024, He made his T20I debut for Afghanistan against India.[25]
T20 franchise career
editIn September 2018, Rahmat was named in Nangarhar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[26]
References
edit- ^ Rahmat Shah ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2013
- ^ "Rahmat Shah profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Rahmat Shah becomes 1st Afghanistan cricketer to hit Test hundred". India Today. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ Faisalabad and Rawalpindi vs Afghanistan Scorecard Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2013
- ^ Pakistan A vs Afghanistan Scorecard Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2013
- ^ "3rd Match, Shpageeza Cricket League at Kabul, Sep 12 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ^ a b "2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament, Mis Ainak Region: Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "Rahmat Shah". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ^ "Afghanistan tour of Scotland, Ireland and Netherlands, 1st ODI: Scotland v Afghanistan at Edinburgh, Jul 4, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ "Rain spoils Rahmat's ton, Najib's blitz". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ "Afghanistan Squads for T20I Bangladesh Series and on-eoff India Test Announced". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Afghanistan pick four spinners for inaugural Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Only Test, Afghanistan tour of India at Bengaluru, Jun 14-18 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "Mujeeb left out for Ireland Test, Shahzad out of T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ "No Mujeeb in Tests as Afghanistan announce squads for Ireland series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ "Hamid Hassan picked in Afghanistan's World Cup squad; Naib to captain". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ "Asghar Afghan included in Gulbadin Naib-led World Cup squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ "ICC Cricket World Cup, 2019 - Afghanistan: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Asghar Afghan removed as Afghanistan announce split captaincy". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ "Rahmat, Rashid given leadership roles in Afghanistan revamp". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ "Rashid to captain Afghanistan across formats, Asghar appointed his deputy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Rashid Khan named Afghanistan captain across formats". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Rahmat Shah becomes first Afghanistan batsman to score Test hundred". Times Now News. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "ACB Name Squad for the T20I Series against India". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "1st T20I (N), Mohali, January 11, 2024, Afghanistan tour of India". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft". CricTracker. Retrieved 10 September 2018.