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Rashid Khan

All-rounder · Afghanistan

Born

20 September 1998, Nangarhar

Batting

Right-handed

Bowling

Right-arm leg-break

Shirt

19

7/66Test best bowling

7/18ODI best bowling

5/3T20I best bowling

Rashid Khan is an Afghan all-rounder and one of the greatest T20 bowlers of all time, playing for MI Emirates in ILT20 Season 5. Born in Nangarhar, he is the leading wicket-taker in men's T20I history and the ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Decade. He captains Afghanistan in T20Is.

Rashid Khan Biography: Quick Facts

Early life

Rashid Khan was born on 20 September 1998 in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. He grew up in a large family in Jalalabad. His family fled the war and lived in Pakistan for a few years before returning home, and the family ran a tyre business in Nangarhar. He started playing with a tennis ball, teaching himself leg-spin by watching Shahid Afridi and Anil Kumble. Nobody coached him; he copied what he saw on television and practised on his own. He studied computer science at Islamia College Peshawar until 2013, and came to prominence in 2014 in matches in Peshawar when Afghanistan toured Pakistan.

Family and personal life

Rashid comes from a large family: he has ten siblings, six brothers and four sisters. His father, Haji Khalil, died in Peshawar in December 2018, and his mother died in June 2020; her name was never made public. He married in October 2024, and again in August 2025, and he has kept his wife's identity private. He does not share details of his private life publicly.

Domestic and franchise career

Rashid's franchise career began with Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL in 2017, where he took 93 wickets in 76 matches across five seasons. He moved to Gujarat Titans in 2022, winning the title in their debut season as vice-captain and taking 27 wickets in 2023, his most productive IPL season. He has also played for Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash, winning the title in his first season, Lahore Qalandars in the PSL, and Trent Rockets in The Hundred. He captains MI Cape Town in South Africa's SA20, a different MI franchise from MI Emirates. In the ILT20 he first played for MI Emirates in Season 1 in 2023, returned in Season 4 in December 2025 as an injury replacement, and was pre-signed for Season 5.

International career

Rashid made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo on 18 October 2015, and his T20I debut against the same opponents eight days later. His Test debut came against India in Bengaluru on 14 June 2018, in Afghanistan's first-ever Test. He became the youngest ODI captain at 19 years and 165 days in March 2018, and the youngest Test captain at 20 years and 350 days in September 2019, when he took a ten-wicket haul and scored a fifty as Afghanistan beat Bangladesh. He captained Afghanistan to the semi-finals of the 2024 T20 World Cup and remains the side's T20I captain.

Records and achievements

Rashid's record is built on speed. His biggest verified marks are:

• Most wickets in men's T20I history — he passed Tim Southee's 164 with his 165th wicket against UAE at Sharjah on 1 September 2025.
• Fastest and youngest bowler to 100 ODI wickets, in 44 matches in March 2018, breaking Mitchell Starc's record of 52.
• Youngest international captain: ODI captain at 19 years and 165 days, and Test captain at 20 years and 350 days.
• Fastest to 100 T20I wickets, in 53 matches in October 2021.
• Youngest player to top the ICC bowling rankings, in ODIs in February 2018 and T20Is later the same month, and the ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Decade for 2020.
• First bowler to 700 wickets in all T20 cricket, on 16 February 2026.

Rashid Khan's Net Worth and Salary

Rashid's net worth is not a confirmed number. Media reports in 2026 estimate it at roughly USD 4–13 million, with most outlets clustering around USD 4–5 million. These are estimates, not a confirmed figure. His biggest confirmed earnings are in the IPL: ₹4 crore with Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2017, ₹9 crore a season from 2018 to 2021, ₹15 crore a season with Gujarat Titans from 2022 to 2024, and ₹18 crore retained for 2025 and 2026, adding up to about ₹121 crore through 2026. Endorsement brands named in reports include Puma, Red Bull and Monster Energy.

Rashid Khan in ILT20 Season 5

MI Emirates signed Rashid Khan before the Season 5 auction, so he did not go under the hammer. He is not the side's captain — Nicholas Pooran is. He first played for MI Emirates in Season 1 in 2023, returned in Season 4 in December 2025 as an injury replacement for Jordan Thompson, and now returns for Season 5. All ten league fixtures for MI Emirates are below.

No Season 5 match has been played yet, so there are no Season 5 numbers for this player. This section will be updated as matches are played.

Career stats

With the bat in the same snapshot: 154 Test runs, 1,393 ODI runs and 622 T20I runs. Bowling figures as of 12 February 2026.

Conclusion

Rashid Khan's career is defined by speed: the fastest to a hundred wickets in both white-ball formats, the youngest captain in international cricket, and now the leading wicket-taker in men's T20I history. His return to MI Emirates for Season 5 brings that record to the ILT20, and this page will be updated as the season is played.

More coverage: the MI Emirates squad, the Season 5 schedule and the full players index.