Rahmat Shah Zurmatai (born 6 July 1993) is an Afghan cricketer who plays for the Afghanistan national cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman who is an occasional leg break bowler.

Rahmat Shah was a premier batsman for Afghanistan in Test and ODI formats. He was born on June 6, 1993 in Paktia, Afghanistan. Known for his orthodox style of play, he is often seen as a consistent performer for the team that has represented the country in recent years.

Rahmat Shah Zurmatai is a cricketer who plays for the Afghanistan national cricket team. He has been part of the team since 2013 and has enjoyed a successful period with the team. Rahmat Shah Zurmatai made his debut for Afghanistan national cricket team in ODI format in 2013.

Playing primarily as a team all-rounder, Rahmat Shah Zurmatai is a prolific right-handed batsman who has scored many runs for teams in both domestic and international cricket. He can also play part-time spin and bowl with his right arm. He is a brilliant outfield player and can set up anywhere on the ground. He is good with both his ground field and his catching.

Rahmat Shah Zurmatai plays for the Afghan National Cricket Team in the ODI/T20/Test format. He represents the Afghan Cheetas, the Mis Ainak region and the Mohammedan Sporting Club team in domestic cricket.

Domestic Career

Rahmat has been 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 local teams such as Faisalabad and Rawalpindi.

On 12 September 2017, he made his Twenty20 debut for Band-e-Amir Dragons in the 2017 Shpageeza Cricket League.

In July 2018, Rahmat was the leading run scorer for the Mis Ainak region at the 2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament with 258 runs in five games. He was also the leading wicket-taker for the team in the tournament, with eight layoffs in five To play.

International Career

Rahmat made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Afghanistan against Scotland on 6 March 2013. On 4 July 2016 he made his first century in an ODI during the Afghanistan tour of Scotland.

In May 2018, Rahmat was called up to the Afghanistan squad for their first friendly against India. On June 14, 2018, he made his Test debut for Afghanistan against India. In February 2019, he was called up to the Afghan Test squad for their one-off game against Ireland in India.

In April 2019, Rahmat was called up to Afghanistan's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. He finished the tournament as the leading run scorer for Afghanistan with 254 runs in nine matches.

In April 2019, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) appointed Shah as the team's new Test captain, replacing Asghar Afghan. However, after the 2019 Cricket World Cup, Rashid Khan was appointed as the new captain of the Afghan cricket team in all three formats. As a result, Rahmat was replaced before commanding the team in a test match.

In September 2019, Rahmat scored a century in the one-off friendly against Bangladesh, becoming the first batsman for Afghanistan to score a century in a friendly.

T20 Franchise Career

In September 2018, Rahmat was called up to Nangarhar's squad for the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.

Test Match Results

Rahmat Shah was part of 5 Test matches and he was also part of 76 ODI matches. In the test game, Rahmat Shah has netted 10 innings and he has 304 runs in test games. According to the records, Rahmat Shah's Highest Score (HS) in Test matches is 102, Rahmat Shah's batting AVG score is 30.40, and the balls seen in Test matches is 575. Now, moving on to Rahmat Shah Batting Strike Rate, the batsman scored 52.86 hit rate (SR). In Test cricket, a batsman's batting rate is of secondary importance to his ability to score runs without folding

Rahmat Shah in ODI Matches

A One Day International is a type of limited overs cricket played between two teams with international status, where each side faces a fixed number of overs. Now joining Rahmat Shah in ODI, he was part of 76 games and has 2467 runs followed by 72 innings, 114 the highest score. What is the NO for Rahmat Shah in ODI matches? In ODI matches, Rahmat Shah stands not out as 3. In cricket, a batsman is not considered out until he stands to the full innings. The highest scoring rate of Rahmat Shah in ODI is 70.62 and the number of balls Rahmat Shah faces in ODI matches is 3493.

Rahmat Shah in T20

Twenty-20 is a compressed cricket format. It was introduced primarily at professional level by the England and Wales Cricket Board for inter-county competition in 2003. Now it's time to look at the full story of Rahmat Shah in T20. In 25 T20 matches we could see Rahmat Shah and his amazing shots allowed him to hit 301 runs and his average score per innings is 14.33. and 50s he scored in T20 was a great moment for the team.