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Rahmat Shah becomes sixth to score a century and fifty on Test captaincy debut
Rahmat Shah led Afghanistan in a Test for the first time against Bangladesh in Abu Dhabi.
He scored an unbeaten 105 in the first innings and made 51 in the second.
That made him the sixth player to score a century and a fifty on a Test captaincy debut.
India’s Virat Kohli was the previous player to achieve the feat, in 2014.
The record includes players from England, New Zealand, Australia and Zimbabwe, as well as Afghanistan and India.
Afghanistan ended the fourth day at 132 for three, still needing 347 runs to win.
The team had to chase that target on the fifth day.
Rahmat Shah scored a century and a half-century on his Test captaincy debut against Bangladesh.
He is the sixth player to achieve the feat.
Shah made an unbeaten 105 in the first innings and scored 51 in the second.
The one-off Test was played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
Afghanistan ended the fourth day at 132 for 3, needing 347 more runs to win.
- Who
- Rahmat Shah, Afghanistan’s Test captain.
- What
- He scored a century and a fifty on his Test captaincy debut, becoming the sixth player to do so.
- When
- The one-off Test began on October 9, 2026; Shah scored 105 on October 11 and 51 on the following day.
- Where
- Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The one-off Test between Afghanistan and Bangladesh began in Abu Dhabi.
Shah scored an unbeaten 105 in Afghanistan’s first innings.
Shah scored 51 in the second innings, completing the century-and-fifty feat on his captaincy debut.
Afghanistan ended play at 132 for 3, still needing 347 runs to win.
- First-innings score
- Rahmat Shah 105 not out
- Second-innings score
- Rahmat Shah 51
- Achievement
- Sixth player to score a century and a fifty on a Test captaincy debut
- Opponent
- Bangladesh
- Venue
- Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
- Match start
- October 9, 2026
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