Rashid Khan broke a 14-year-old record for Afghanistan in the opening T20I against Paul Stirling's Ireland on Friday, March 15 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

He recorded the best figures by an Afghan captain in T20Is after his spell of 4-0-19-3. Nawroz Mangal held the record for 14 years, since February 2010, before Rashid took over. Mangal had figures of 4-0-23-3 against William Porterfield's Ireland in the final of the World T20 Qualifiers. As far as Rashid is concerned, he got the wickets of Stirling, Curtis Campher and Gareth Delany. On the back of his spell, Afghanistan restricted Ireland to 149 for 6 in 20 overs. Best bowling figures by Afghanistan captain in T20Is Rashid Khan: 4-0-19-3 against Ireland (Sharjah) in 2024 Nawroz Mangal: 4-0-23-3 against Ireland (Dubai) in 2010 Gulbadin Naib: 4-0-28-3 against Sri Lanka (Hangzhou) in 2023 Mohammad Nabi: 4-0-12-2 against Scotland (Sharjah) in 2013 Mohammad Nabi: 4-0-14-2 against Sri Lanka (Dubai) 2022 The 👑 Show! 🤩@RashidKhan_19 celebrated his comeback with an excellent bowling display as he returned with excellent figures of 3/19 to complete 350 wickets in International Cricket. 👏#AfghanAtalan | #AFGvIRE2024 pic.twitter.com/GlCiUiMHNk — Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) March 15, 2024 Rashid Khan's efforts in vain Rashid was stupendous with the ball in hand, but the Afghans lost to Ireland by 38 runs, going 0-1 down in the series. The hosts were bowled out for 111 in 18.4 overs. Rashid had a chance to take his team home, but Josh Little cut short his stay in the middle. Mohammad Ishaq looked the most promising of the Afghan batters after he scored 32 runs off 22 balls with 6 fours before Ben White accounted for his wicket. White was the chief destroyer for Ireland after he picked up 4 crucial wickets. Nabi also chipped in with a knock of 25 in the middle, but to no avail. Little was impressive as well after he finished with figures of 4-0-18-3. Barry McCarthy got 2 wickets for the visitors. The second T20I is scheduled to take place on Sunday, March 17. WPL 2024: Harmanpreet Kaur blames MI batters after loss to RCB in Eliminator