A 20-year old cricketer from Afghanistan Rashid Khan is the young bright player of Afghanistan National Cricket Team. He is a key player of Afghanistan and his like one -man army who single-handedly wins matches for his country.
He also plays in T20 franchises across the globe. He plays in the Indian Premier League for IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad. He also plays in Caribbean Premier League, Big Bash League, Afghanistan Premier League, Pakistan Super League, and Mzansi Super League.
Rashid Khan Biography tells about his life and hard work. He is one of the best bowlers in the world and is praised by many great cricketers from all over the world. He has performed amazingly well and holds many records in cricket in such a young age.
He made a debut in 2015 and since then he became the fastest to reach 50 T20I wickets as per time taken. He took 2 years and 220 days to reach 50 T20I wickets.
Also, he became the second fastest after Ajantha Mendis to reach 50 T20I wickets in terms of matches played. Rashid Khan took 31 matches to reach the feat whereas Ajantha Mendis took 26 matches.
Rashid Khan surpassed the record of Australia’s Mitchell Starc to became the fastest to reach 100 ODI wickets in 44 matches whereas Mitchell Starc took 52 matches. In 2017, he won the ICC Associate Player of the Year Award and became the youngest player to win the award.
In 2017, he became the player who attracted the highest bid in IPL Auction. He was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 4 crore.
Rashid Khan during the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier captained Afghanistan for the first time in an ODI, thereby becoming the youngest player to captain a country at the age of 19 years and 165 days.
In February 2018, he became the youngest bowler to rank No.1 in ICC ODI bowlers ranking. Also, he became the youngest bowler to rank No. 1 in ICC T20I bowlers ranking. There are many other records held by the Rashid Khan which can be viewed in his biography.
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