Abdur Rehman played as a wicketkeeper for Southern Punjab in the Ranji Trophy from 1936–37 to 1941–42.
[1] Later, in Pakistan, he played as a batsman and occasional pace bowler.
[citation needed] He scored 48 and 89 when Combined Services beat Karachi in the first round of the inaugural Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1953–54.
[citation needed] Rehman umpired three first-class matches in Pakistan between 1968 and 1971.
[3] His much younger brother Fazal-ur-Rehman played Test cricket for Pakistan in 1958.