Rahmat Shah

Rahmat Shah
Shah in 2021
Personal information
Full name
Rahmat Shah Zurmatai
Born (1993-07-06) 6 July 1993 (age 31)
Zurmat, Paktia, Afghanistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 8)14 June 2018 v India
Last Test14 June 2023 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 29)6 March 2013 v Scotland
Last ODI10 November 2023 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.8
Only T20I (cap 54)11 January 2024 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013Afghan Cheetahs
2013/14–2014/15Mohammedan Sporting Club
2017Mis Ainak Region
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 7 103 20 137
Runs scored 424 3,303 1,172 4,573
Batting average 30.28 35.90 40.41 37.17
100s/50s 1/3 5/23 3/7 7/30
Top score 102 114 144 114
Balls bowled 66 537 860 1,787
Wickets 1 15 15 56
Bowling average 43.00 36.71 29.33 29.96
5 wickets in innings 1 0 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/34 5/32 3/30 5/32
Catches/stumpings 4/– 25/– 12/– 32/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 June 2023

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]

  1. ^ Rahmat Shah ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2013
  2. ^ "Rahmat Shah profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Rahmat Shah becomes 1st Afghanistan cricketer to hit Test hundred". India Today. Retrieved 5 September 2019.