| Rahmat Shah | |
| Country: | Afghanistan |
| Fullname: | Rahmat Shah Zurmatai |
| Birth Date: | 6 July 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Zurmat, Paktia, Afghanistan |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm leg break |
| Role: | All-rounder |
| International: | true |
| Internationalspan: | 2013–present |
| Testdebutdate: | 14 June |
| Testdebutyear: | 2018 |
| Testdebutagainst: | India |
| Testcap: | 8 |
| Lasttestdate: | 14 June |
| Lasttestyear: | 2023 |
| Lasttestagainst: | Bangladesh |
| Odidebutdate: | 6 March |
| Odidebutyear: | 2013 |
| Odidebutagainst: | Scotland |
| Odicap: | 29 |
| Lastodidate: | 10 November |
| Lastodiyear: | 2023 |
| Lastodiagainst: | South Africa |
| Odishirt: | 8 |
| Onet20i: | true |
| T20idebutdate: | 11 January |
| T20idebutyear: | 2024 |
| T20idebutagainst: | India |
| T20icap: | 54 |
| Club1: | Afghan Cheetahs |
| Year1: | 2013 |
| Club2: | Mohammedan Sporting Club |
| Club3: | Mis Ainak Region |
| Year3: | 2017 |
| Columns: | 4 |
| Column1: | Test |
| Matches1: | 7 |
| Runs1: | 424 |
| Bat Avg1: | 30.28 |
| 100S/50S1: | 1/3 |
| Top Score1: | 102 |
| Deliveries1: | 66 |
| Wickets1: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 43.00 |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/34 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 4/– |
| Column2: | ODI |
| Matches2: | 103 |
| Runs2: | 3,303 |
| Bat Avg2: | 35.90 |
| 100S/50S2: | 5/23 |
| Top Score2: | 114 |
| Deliveries2: | 537 |
| Wickets2: | 15 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 36.71 |
| Fivefor2: | 1 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 5/32 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 25/– |
| Column3: | FC |
| Matches3: | 20 |
| Runs3: | 1,172 |
| Bat Avg3: | 40.41 |
| 100S/50S3: | 3/7 |
| Top Score3: | 144 |
| Deliveries3: | 860 |
| Wickets3: | 15 |
| Bowl Avg3: | 29.33 |
| Fivefor3: | 0 |
| Tenfor3: | 0 |
| Best Bowling3: | 3/30 |
| Catches/Stumpings3: | 12/– |
| Column4: | LA |
| Matches4: | 137 |
| Runs4: | 4,573 |
| Bat Avg4: | 37.17 |
| 100S/50S4: | 7/30 |
| Top Score4: | 114 |
| Deliveries4: | 1,787 |
| Wickets4: | 56 |
| Bowl Avg4: | 29.96 |
| Fivefor4: | 2 |
| Tenfor4: | 0 |
| Best Bowling4: | 5/32 |
| Catches/Stumpings4: | 32/– |
| Date: | 7 June 2023 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/afghanistan/content/player/533956.html ESPNcricinfo |
Rahmat Shah Zurmatai (Pushto; 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]
Rahmat 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]
Rahmat 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]
In September 2018, Rahmat was named in Nangarhar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[26]