Rahmat Shah Zurmatai ( ps, رحمت شاه زرمتی; born 6 July 1993) is an Afghan cricketer who plays for the

Afghanistan national cricket team The Afghanistan men's national team ( ps, د افغانستان کرکټ ملي لوب‌‌‌‌‌‌ډله, fa, تیم ملی کریکت افغانستان) represents Afghanistan in international cricket. Cricket has been played in Afgha ...

. He is a right-handed batsman who is an occasional leg break bowler. He made his international debut for Afghanistan in March 2013. He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Afghanistan's first ever

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, against

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, in June 2018. In September 2019, in the one-off Test between Afghanistan and Bangladesh, Rahmat became the first batsman for Afghanistan to score a century in Test cricket.

Domestic career

Rahmat was named in a number of first-class and

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squads for Afghanistan. He has played

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cricket for Afghanistan against Pakistan A and other domestic teams like

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and

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. He made his

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debut for

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in the

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on 12 September 2017. In July 2018, Rahmat was the leading run-scorer for Mis Ainak Region in the

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, with 258 runs in five matches. He was also the leading wicket-taker for the team in the tournament, with eight dismissals in five matches.

International career

Rahmat made his

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(ODI) debut for Afghanistan against Scotland on 6 March 2013. On 4 July 2016, he made his first century in an ODI during Afghanistan's tour of Scotland. In May 2018, Rahmat was named in Afghanistan's squad for their inaugural

, played against India. He made his Test debut for Afghanistan, against India, on 14 June 2018. In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off match against Ireland in India. In April 2019, Rahmat was named in Afghanistan's squad for the

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. He finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer for Afghanistan, with 254 runs in nine matches. In April 2019, the

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(ACB) named Shah as the team's new Test captain, replacing

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. However, following the

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was named as the new captain of the Afghanistan cricket team across all three formats. Therefore, Rahmat was replaced before captaining the team in a Test match. In September 2019, Rahmat scored a century in the one-off Test match against

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, becoming the first batsman for Afghanistan to score a century in a Test match.

T20 franchise career

In September 2018, Rahmat was named in Nangarhar's squad in the

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of the

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tournament.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shah, Rahmat 1993 births Living people Afghan cricketers Afghanistan Test cricketers Afghanistan One Day International cricketers People from Paktia Province Afghan Cheetahs cricketers Mohammedan Sporting Club cricketers Mis Ainak Knights cricketers Nangarhar Leopards cricketers Cricketers at the 2019 Cricket World Cup