Rashid Khan Arman a.k.a Rashid Khan is an Afghan professional cricketer who plays for the Afghan national team as a bowler. Besides, he is signed to Comilla Victorians, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Band-e-Amir Dragons, Adelaide Strikers, Quetta Gladiators, and Sussex County Cricket Club.
Khan is the youngest and fastest blower to take 100 wickets in ODIs. He took 44 matches to reach the milestone, breaking the previous record set by Australian cricketer Mitchell Starc with 52 matches. In 2018, Khan became the fastest bowler to take 50 wickets in T20Is, consuming two years and 220 days.
Rashid Khan was born on 20th of September 1989, in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. His star sign is Virgo. Talking about his nationality, Khan is an Afghan, and he is of South-Asian ethnicity.
He is a graduate of Nangarhar High School.
Currently 19, Rashid Khan is a wealthy Afghan cricketer with an estimated net worth of $2.4 million and his annual income is estimated to be around $1.7 million. The significant source of his income is his cricket career. Beside it, he also adds tremendous sum through sponsorship and endorsement deal.
Khan's net worth has witnessed a sudden rise of about 200% in 2018 mainly due to his IPL deal with Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). The Hyderabad team retained Khan at $1.4 million per season during the 2018 auction.
He owns a lavish house in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. Khan rides a BMW 4 Series and Ploov.
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Khan made his first-class debut for Afghanistan on 7th December 2016, against England Lions in Abu Dhabi, where he took 4 for 48 and 8 for 74 and scored 25 not out and 52.
In February 2017, he was signed by Indian Premier League (IPL) side, Sunrisers Hyderabad for four cores, becoming, the two first-ever Afghan players to be picked for the IPL. In March 2017, he was purchased by Guyana Amazon Warriors for $60,000 to represent the side in the 2017 Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
Khan made his IPL debut in the opening match of the 2017 tournament against Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Banglore, taking two wickets, as the Sunrisers Hyderabad won the game by 35 runs. He finished the tournament as the sixth-highest wicket-taker, with 17 wickets in 14 appearances.
In September 2017, Khan signed with Adelaide Strikers to play in the 2017–18 Big Bash League and eventually won the League. Two months later, he was named to picked by the Quetta Gladiators for the 2018 Pakistan Super League players draft.
In January 2018, Khan re-signed for the Sunrisers Hyderabad during the 2018 IPL auction and the following month; he signed for Sussex County Cricket Club to play in the NatWest t20 Blast in England.
On 18th October 2015, Rashid Khan made his One Day International (ODI) debut for his national side, Afghanistan against Zimbabwe. After eight days, he made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against Zimbabwe.
On 10th March 2017, in a T20I match against Ireland, Afghanistan won the match, and Rashid and Najeeb Tarakai shared the man of the match award.
Similarly, in the ODI series against Ireland, Khan and Paul Stirling became the first pair of bowlers from different teams to each take six wickets in the same ODI.
In January 2018, Khan was named as the Associate Cricketer of the Year by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The following month, he was announced as the stand-in captain of the Afghanistan team for the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament, while Afghanistan's regular captain, Asghar Stanikzai, recovered from having his appendix surgery.
In February 2018, the ICC listed Khan as one of the ten players to watch ahead of the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament.
In April 2018, Khan was named in the Rest of the World XI squad for the one-off T20I, where Nepal’s Sandeep Lamichhane was also included.
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Rashid Khan prefers to maintain his personal life as confidential as possible. According to several sources, he is currently single, as well as there are also no records of his past affairs.
It seems that Khan more focused on his cricket career rather than being involved in any love affairs.
