Adil Rashid was born on 17th February 1988 at Bradford in Yorkshire. Rashid nicknamed 'Dilly' and 'Hoover' is a leg-spinner and right-hand batsman.

He is of Pakistani background like his England teammate Moeen Ali. Adil Rashid is from the Mirpuri community and his family had migrated to England in 1967 from Azad Kashmir. His brothers Haroon and Amar are also cricketers.

Adil Rashid was potential from an early age. Terry Jenner, one of the coaches of the England Cricket Board spotted him when Rashid was 14 years old. Jenner was appointed by ECB to conduct camps for the encouragement of promising wrist spinners. At the age of only 17 years, Rashid impressed his coaches by capturing 6 wickets for 13 runs for Yorkshire Youth Academy in a competitive match in 2005. He struck 111 within a couple of days for Yorkshire Second Eleven in the under-17 county championship. In the very year, Rashid, having participated in many matches for Yorkshire Second Eleven, scored four successive centuries. Adil Rashid made his debut in first-class in 2006 against Warwickshire in a match replacing injured overseas Australian all-rounder Darren Lehman. In the second innings, Rashid stripped off Warwickshire's middle-order and helped Yorkshire to win the match. Rashid took 6 wickets for 67 runs. His splendid show guided him to ensure a berth in under-19 England against India under-19 side. He failed to sh8ine in the first Test but in the second Test, Adil Rashid had an impressive show with 114 and 48 runs in both innings and claimed 10 wickets in the match. Considering Rashid's performance in first-class cricket, 2007 was a memorable year for him. Across all first-class matches in the season Rashid had scored 837 runs with a batting average of 44.05 and claimed 43 wickets. Rashid received applauses from the English cricket fraternity as well as his teammates in Yorkshire were also impressed by his performance. Renowned Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie had stated that Adil Rashid would be seen in international cricket very soon due to his potential and in 2007 Rashid was awarded 'Young Cricketer of the Year' by the English journalists. Adil Rashid has amassed 6822 runs from his 175 first-class matches including 10 centuries at an average of 32.80 and he has claimed 512 wickets while in the List ‘A’ game, Rashid has gathered 1765 runs in 224 matches and claimed 312 wickets.

Adil Rashid made his debut in a One-Day International match in 2009 against Ireland. He scored 1 and claimed only 1 wicket. He has participated in 106 ODIs so far and scored 644 runs and captured 155 wickets including his best figure of 5 wickets for 27 runs.

Adil Rashid had his debut in Test in the first test of the series against Pakistan at Abu Dhabi in 2015. However, he failed to impress being too expensive with the ball in the first innings. He was wicket-less even after having bowled 34 overs and gave away 163 runs. He also got out for only 12 runs. But in the second innings, Rashid made a remarkable come-back, scalping 5 wickets for only 64 runs in 18.5 overs although in the next two Tests of the series Rashid did not look extra-ordinary as he was able to claim only three wickets. His only gain from his maiden Test series was his first half-century (61). However, Rashid, having played 19 Tests so far has scored 540 runs and claimed 60 wickets including his best figure of 7 wickets for 178 runs in a match.

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Adil Rashid has already represented England in Twenty20 World Cup in 2009. He was fortunate to have obtained a berth as a replacement of injured all-rounder Andrew Flintoff. Producing consistent performance with England Lions compelled the selectors to think about Rashid. The leg-spinner finished the championship with 3 wickets. Rashid took part in his first T20I against the Netherlands in 2009 and was able to bag only 1 wicket for 36 runs in his 4 overs. He has participated in 52 T20Is and claimed 51 wickets while gathered 56 runs so far. Rashid has also participated in Australian T20, Big Bash League, in Pakistani T20 League, and in Bangladesh Premier T20 League.

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