Rashid Khan
Afghan cricketer and leg-spinner, known for his T20 wicket records, Gujarat Titans performances and leading Afghanistan to the 2024 T20 World Cup semi-finals.
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T20 cricket
SA20
ICC
IPLOverview
- Born
- 20 September 1998, Nangarhar, Afghanistan
- Known for
- Leg-spin, googlies and T20 cricket
- International start
- Afghanistan debut against Zimbabwe in 2015
- IPL debut
- 2017
- World Cup milestone
- Captained Afghanistan to their first men’s T20 World Cup semi-final in 2024
Mini bio
Cricket with his brothers.
Rashid was born in Nangarhar, Afghanistan, and grew up playing cricket with his brothers. In a 2016 ICC interview, he named Shahid Afridi’s bowling as an inspiration. By the time he played at that year’s Under-19 World Cup, he had already represented Afghanistan at senior level against Zimbabwe.
A breakthrough in leg-spin.
His 2017 season brought a remarkable 5/3 against Ireland in a T20 international and 7/18 against West Indies in an ODI. Those performances helped him win the ICC Associate Cricketer of the Year award for 2017. His IPL career also began that year.
From franchise titles to national milestones.
Rashid took 19 wickets as Gujarat Titans won the IPL in their first season in 2022. Two years later, he captained Afghanistan to their first men’s T20 World Cup semi-final. In 2025 he led MI Cape Town to their first SA20 title, and in 2026 he became the first bowler to reach 700 wickets across T20 cricket.
The next chapter.
Ibrahim Zadran succeeded him as Afghanistan’s T20I captain in March 2026. Rashid continued to reach new milestones with the ball, becoming the first bowler to take 200 men’s T20I wickets that October.
Creditschronological, newest first
International cricket
- 2024Afghanistan at the ICC Men’s T20 World CupCaptain, semi-finalists
- 2015Afghanistan international debutBowler, against Zimbabwe
Franchise cricket
- 2025MI Cape Town, SA20 championsCaptain and leg-spinner
- 2023Gujarat Titans’ first IPL hat-trickBowler, against Kolkata Knight Riders
- 2022Gujarat Titans, IPL championsLeg-spinner, 19 wickets
Awards
Quotes
All I did was to try and play simple cricket, nothing big.Rashid Khan, ICC interview
Speaking at the 2016 Under-19 World Cup about his rapid rise to Afghanistan’s senior team.
Trivia
- He was already a senior Afghanistan international when he played in the 2016 Under-19 World Cup.
- His official Gujarat Titans biography describes him as a keen cook who enjoys singing and acting out songs and film dialogue.
- His 700th T20 wicket was also his first T20 dismissal by hit wicket.
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