He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for the United Arab Emirates against Nepal on 26 January 2019.
[5] The following month, in the UAE's first fixture against Ireland, Rizwan scored his first century in an ODI match.
[6][7] In August 2022, Rizwan was appointed to succeeded Ahmed Raza as the UAE's Twenty20 International captain, with his first major tournament being the 2022 Asia Cup Qualifier in Oman.
Rizwan later returned to India to study engineering in Kochi,[9] playing cricket for Kerala at the under-19 and under-23 levels.
He moved back to the UAE in 2014 to work, as an electrical engineer with Bukhatir Group.