The one-off Test between Bangladesh and Afghanistan began in Chattogram today. Leg spinner Rashid Khan is captaining Afghanistan for the first time in Test cricket and at the age of 20 years and 350 days, became the youngest ever Test captain.

He broke the 15-year-old record of  Zimbabwe's Tatenda Taibu, who had made his Test captaincy debut at the age of 20 years and 358 days against Sri Lanka in Harare in May 2004. 

Youngest Test captains -

20y 350d - Rashid Khan (AFG) vs BAN at Chattogram, 2019

20y 358d - Tatenda Taibu (ZIM) vs SL at Harare, 2004

21y 77d - Nawab of Pataudi (IND) vs WI at Barbados, 1962

22y 15d - Waqar Younis (PAK) vs ZIM at Karachi, 1993

22y 82d - Graeme Smith (SA) vs BAN at Chattogram, 2003