Rashid Khan: Afghanistan’s cricket superstar and record-breaker

International Debuts:

• ODI: October 18, 2015 vs. Zimbabwe (Bulawayo)
• T20I: October 26, 2015 vs. Zimbabwe (Bulawayo)
• Test: June 14, 2018 vs. India (Bengaluru) 

Recent International Matches (Late 2025):

• Vs. Zimbabwe (T20I): October 28, 2025 (scored 8* off 5 balls)
• Vs. Bangladesh (ODI): October 13, 2025 (scored 8 runs)

• International: Afghanistan
• IPL: Gujarat Titans (GT), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
• BBL: Adelaide Strikers
• PSL: Lahore Qalandars
• MLC: MI New York 
• SA20: MI Cape Town
• The Hundred: MI London

• Rashid Khan holds the record for the best bowling figures for an associate nation in One Day Internationals. He achieved this record in 2017 against West Indies.

• Rashid Khan also holds the record for being the youngest player to become the No. 1 bowler in One Day International Rankings of the ICC.
• He is also the youngest player to reach the top spot in ICC T20I bowlers rankings.

• Rashid Khan is also the youngest player (19 years 165 days) to lead an international squad.
• Rashid also holds the record for taking the least time in reaching the 50 wickets mark in T20 Internationals. He took only 2 years and 220 days to do so.
• Rashid also holds the record for having the best bowling figures for Afghanistan with 5 wickets for 3 runs.
• He is also the first player to take 5 wickets in only 2 overs in a T20I.
• With the Irish player Paul Stirling, Rashid Khan is holding the record for taking the most wickets from different teams in the same One Day International match. Both the players had taken 6 wickets in the match.
• He is also one of the few players to have taken 4 wickets in 4 balls.
• Rashid Khan also holds the record for conceding the most runs in an inaugural Test match (152 runs).
• He also holds the record for bowling the most expensive spell in a World Cup with 110 runs in 9 overs.
• Rashid Khan is the first Afghan bowler to take a 5-wicket and a 10-wicket haul in Test matches.He is also the first player to take a 10-wicket haul as a captain in Test matches.
• Rashid Khan is also the first player to score a half-century and take 10 wickets in the same Test match.
• Rashid Khan also holds the record for taking the first-ever hat-trick in the Caribbean Premier League. He took his Hat-trick in the 2017 season.
• Rashid also picked a hat-trick in the Big Bash League for Adelaide Strikers against Sydney Sixers in 2020.
• Rashid is the fastest bowler to complete 100 dismissals in T20 Internationals. The spinner took 53 matches to better former Sri Lanka skipper Lasith Malinga’s record of 76 games.
• Rashid Khan recorded his career-best T20 bowling figures of 6/17 during a match for Adelaide Strikers against Brisbane Heat in BBL 2021-22 season.
• Rashid Khan is the joint-quickest spin bowler to achieve 100 IPL wickets along with Amit Mishra.
• Rashid Khan is one of the four bowlers in the world to claim more than 450 wickets in T20 cricket, including T20 Internationals and franchise cricket.
• Rashid has the second best career bowling average – 18.65 – in ODI cricket.

• Rashid was named ‘ICC Men’s T20I Player of the Decade’ 2011-2020 in December 2020.
• Featured in ICC’s T20I team of the decade.
• Rashid won Associate Cricketer of the Year Award in 2017.

• Aghan Board Salary– 72.82 Lakh per annum
• IPL Salary – INR 15 crore
• BBL Salary-$375,000
• PSL Salary– 1.27 crores
• SA20 Salary– $175ooo
• Net Worth– INR 30 crores

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• Puma

• Rashid Khan owns a couple of cars named Land Rover Vogue and a Toyota Fortuner. He put his most expensive car, Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, under auction in order to raise funds for the victims of the Australian bushfire in February 2020.

• Rashid owns a lavish house in Jaladabad, which is nearly 150 kms away from Afghanistan’s capital city Kabul. The house is worth around 15 crores. Rashid lives along with his six brothers and four sisters. His parents passed while he was chasing his dreams of playing cricket.

What language does Rashid Khan speak?

Rashid was a good student and a thinker. He would try to speak in English, and practice it every day, along with his Pashto and Urdu.

How many brothers Rashid Khan has?

Rashid Khan has six brothers and four sisters. Once he posted a video of playing cricket at home with his brothers.

How much does Rashid Khan earn?

He Earns INR 15 Crores From IPL.

In what age Rashid made his Debut?

17

What is Rashid Khan famous for?

Rashid Khan has been Afghanistan’s first global superstar, and the key to their successes in their early years in international cricket. His extraordinarily effective legspin has made him one of the greatest T20 bowlers ever, among the first names on wishlists of teams in leagues all around the world.

IPL Debut 

• Debut: 2017 Season
• Debut Team: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
• Subsequent Team: Gujarat Titans (GT) (since 2022) 

Career Stats (Up to IPL 2025)

• Matches Played: 136 (as of May 2025)
• Wickets: Over 100 wickets, becoming a top T20 wicket-taker