Zia-ur-Rehman

Not to be confused with Ziaur Rahman (Afghan cricketer).

Zia-ur-Rehman Akbar (born 30 December 1997) is an Afghan cricketer, who has played for the Afghanistan national cricket team.^[1]

Zia-ur-Rehman

Personal information
Full name	Zia-ur-Rehman Akbar
Born	(1997-12-30) 30 December 1997 (age 27) Kabul, Afghanistan
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Left-arm orthodox
Role	Bowling all-rounder
International information
National side	[[Afghanistan national cricket team|Afghanistan]]
Test debut (cap [[List of Afghanistan Test cricketers|32]])	2 February 2024 v Sri Lanka
Last Test	2 January 2025 v Zimbabwe
Only ODI (cap [[List of Afghanistan ODI cricketers|58]])	11 July 2023 v Bangladesh
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 May 2022

Career

He made his List A debut for Afghanistan A against Zimbabwe A during their tour to Zimbabwe on 27 January 2017.^[2] He made his Twenty20 debut for Boost Defenders in the 2017 Shpageeza Cricket League on 11 September 2017.^[3] He made his first-class debut for Mis Ainak Region in the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 20 October 2017.^[4]

He finished the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament as the joint-leading wicket-taker, with a total of 55 wickets.^[5] He was the leading wicket-taker for Mis Ainak Region in the 2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, with 46 dismissals in eight matches.^[6]

In September 2018, he was named in Paktia's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.^[7] In December 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's under-23 team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.^[8]

He was part of Afghanistan's Test squad for their series against Zimbabwe in March 2021.^[9] In May 2022, he was named in Afghanistan's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Zimbabwe.^[10]