Archive · 11 Oct 2026
Rahmat Shah Makes History as Hasan Mahmud Takes Test Hat-Trick
Afghanistan played Bangladesh in a one-off Test cricket match.
Rahmat Shah was leading Afghanistan in a Test for the first time.
He scored 105 runs without being out, becoming the first Afghan player to score a Test century in his first match as captain.
Abdul Malik also scored 62 runs.
Bangladesh had made 346 runs in its first innings, and Afghanistan was bowled out for 240.
That left Bangladesh 106 runs ahead.
Bangladesh bowler Hasan Mahmud took three wickets in a row, called a hat-trick, during a five-wicket performance.
Ebadot Hossain took four wickets too.
Rahmat Shah scored an unbeaten 105 in his first Test as Afghanistan captain against Bangladesh.
He became the first Afghan cricketer to make a Test century in his debut match as captain.
Afghanistan were dismissed for 240, 106 runs behind Bangladesh’s first-innings total of 346.
Bangladesh fast bowler Hasan Mahmud took a hat-trick as part of his five-wicket haul.
Ebadot Hossain claimed four wickets, while Abdul Malik scored 62 for Afghanistan.
- Who
- Afghanistan and Bangladesh; Rahmat Shah scored a century and Hasan Mahmud took a hat-trick.
- What
- In a one-off Test, Shah became the first Afghan cricketer to score a Test century in his first match as captain.
- When
- Sunday, October 11; the year is not stated.
- Where
- Sheikh Zayed Stadium.
- Why
- The article reports Shah's milestone and Bangladesh's bowling performance during the Test.
Afghanistan's batting
Bangladesh's bowling
Key performances
Afghanistan's batting
Rahmat Shah's unbeaten 105 and Abdul Malik's 62 led Afghanistan's batting effort.
Bangladesh's bowling
Hasan Mahmud took five wickets, including a hat-trick, and Ebadot Hossain claimed four.
First-innings outcome
Afghanistan's batting
Afghanistan made 240 after Shah's century.
Bangladesh's bowling
Bangladesh had scored 346 and took a 106-run first-innings lead.
- Match
- One-off Test between Afghanistan and Bangladesh
- Venue
- Sheikh Zayed Stadium
- Rahmat Shah
- Unbeaten 105 from 216 deliveries, with 10 fours and two sixes
- Afghanistan first innings
- 240 all out
- Bangladesh first innings
- 346; a lead of 106 runs over Afghanistan
- Hasan Mahmud
- Five wickets, including a hat-trick; first Bangladesh fast bowler to take a Test hat-trick
- Other leading contributions
- Abdul Malik scored 62; Ebadot Hossain took four wickets