Rahmat Shah
Rahmat Shah — career overview
Rahmat Shah is a cricketer who represents Afghanistan in international cricket as a batsman (Right Handed Bat, Right-arm legbreak bowler). In international cricket Rahmat Shah has appeared in 11 Tests (970 runs at 46.19, with 3 hundreds and 5 fiftys); 125 ODIs (4,035 runs at 35.18, with 5 hundreds and 30 fiftys); 1 T20I (3 runs at 3.00). With the ball, Rahmat Shah has taken 16 international wickets across formats. Full batting and bowling records, recent form and milestones are shown below. Compare Rahmat Shah with other players using the player comparison tool, or see where Afghanistan rank in the latest ICC rankings.
Batting & Fielding
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 11 | 21 | - | 970 | 234 | 46.19 | 1820 | 53.30 | 3 | 5 | 117 | 6 |
| ODI | 125 | 120 | 5 | 4035 | 114 | 35.18 | 5661 | 71.28 | 5 | 30 | 347 | 40 |
| T20I | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 6 | 50.00 | - | - | - | - |
Bowling
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5W | 10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 11 | 4 | 84 | 53 | 1 | 1/30 | 1/34 | 53.00 | 3.79 | 84.0 | - | - |
| ODI | 125 | 29 | 543 | 532 | 15 | 5/32 | 5/32 | 35.47 | 5.88 | 36.2 | 1 | - |
| T20I | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Format Performance
Batting — Runs & Average
Bowling — Wickets & Economy
Career Milestones
Rahmat Shah — Career Overview
Rahmat Shah is a batsman from Afghanistan. Rahmat bats right handed bat and bowls right-arm legbreak. Specialist batters anchor an innings and shape its tempo. The best combine a tight defensive technique with the range of strokes needed to score off any ball, and the temperament to bat long across all conditions and formats. Afghanistan is one of the playing nations represented across the international and franchise calendar, with players drawn from the domestic system and the academy pathway into the senior side. International batting record — 11 Tests: 970 runs at an average of 46.19, strike rate 53.30 (3 hundreds, 5 fiftys); 125 ODIs: 4,035 runs at an average of 35.18, strike rate 71.28 (5 hundreds, 30 fiftys); 1 T20I: 3 runs at an average of 3.00, strike rate 50.00. International bowling — 1 wicket in Test at 53.00, economy 3.79; 15 wickets in ODI at 35.47, economy 5.88 and 1 5-fer. Franchise leagues — the IPL, PSL, BBL, CPL, SA20 and others — make up an increasing share of the modern cricket calendar, with selection in these competitions shaping income, exposure and the pathway back into national squads. Career statistics in cricket are best read across formats: a Test average, an ODI strike rate and a T20I economy each tell a different part of the story, and modern selection often turns on how a player splits their time across red-ball and white-ball cricket within a packed annual schedule. Recent form, opposition strength and conditions at the venue also weigh heavily alongside the headline numbers. Our player database tracks Rahmat Shah's match-by-match appearances across the international and domestic calendar, with batting and bowling splits by format, opposition, venue and time period. Career milestones — highest score, best bowling figures, fastest fifty or hundred and notable franchise performances — sit alongside the running totals so the full arc of a career is easy to read in one view. On GeoCric you can dig into Rahmat Shah's career numbers, format-by-format breakdowns, batting and bowling averages, century and five-wicket counts, league appearances and recent form — refreshed against live match data and free to read.