{"id":7084,"date":"2026-07-23T08:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=7084"},"modified":"2026-07-23T08:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:38:18","slug":"rahmat-shah-appointed-afghanistans-odi-and-test-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=7084","title":{"rendered":"Rahmat Shah Appointed Afghanistan&#8217;s ODI and Test Captain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KABUL:<\/strong> The <strong>Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB)<\/strong> has appointed experienced middle-order batter <strong>Rahmat Shah<\/strong> as the captain of the national <strong>One-Day International (ODI)<\/strong> and <strong>Test<\/strong> teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an official statement, the ACB announced that <strong>Rahmanullah Gurbaz<\/strong> has been named <strong>vice-captain<\/strong> for both formats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the board, Rahmat Shah takes over the leadership role after <strong>Hashmatullah Shahidi<\/strong> stepped down as captain. Shahidi led Afghanistan in <strong>55 One-Day Internationals<\/strong> during his tenure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rahmat Shah has served as Afghanistan&#8217;s <strong>vice-captain since 2021<\/strong>, making him a natural successor to the role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Afghanistan Cricket Board said Rahmat Shah&#8217;s <strong>first assignment as captain<\/strong> will be the upcoming <strong>ODI and Test series against Ireland<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rahmat Shah made his <strong>international debut in 2013<\/strong> and has since become one of Afghanistan&#8217;s most experienced cricketers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has represented Afghanistan in <strong>128 One-Day Internationals<\/strong> and <strong>12 Test matches<\/strong>, earning a reputation as a dependable middle-order batter and a key figure in the national side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ACB said his extensive international experience and leadership background made him the ideal choice to guide Afghanistan&#8217;s red-ball and 50-over teams into their next phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The appointment marks a new chapter for Afghanistan cricket as the team prepares for upcoming international assignments under Rahmat Shah&#8217;s leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has appointed experienced middle-order batter Rahmat Shah as the captain of the national One-Day International (ODI) and Test teams&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438547_9678790_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438547_9678790_updates-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438547_9678790_updates-1-300x171.jpg",300,171,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438547_9678790_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438547_9678790_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438547_9678790_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438547_9678790_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=6\" rel=\"category\">Sports<\/a>","tag_info":"Sports","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7086,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7084\/revisions\/7086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}