KABUL – Afghanistan’s legendry spinner Rashid Khan makes historicachievement as he has become the youngest ever Test Captain.
Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan became the youngest player ever to captaina Test team when he led his side in their one-off match against Bangladeshin Chattogram on Thursday.
Aged 20 years and 350 days when he walked out for the toss on the firstday, Rashid broke a 15-year record held by former Zimbabwe wicketkeeperTatenda Taibu, who was eight days older when he led his side against SriLanka in Harare in 2004.
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Rashid was appointed Afghanistan’s captain across all three formats of thegame in July after the team’s dismal performance at the 50-over World Cup,where they lost all nine of their group matches and finished at the bottomof the standings.
