Faiz Yakub Fazal (born 7 September 1985) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the

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and Lisburn Cricket Club (NCU Premier League, Northern Ireland, UK), having previously played for Central Zone, India Red, India Under-19s,

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, and

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. He is a left-handed opening batsman. In the 2015–16 Deodhar Trophy, Fazal scored a 112-ball 100 for India A in the final against India B. He scored 127 for Rest of India in their successful run-chase of 480 against Mumbai in the 2015–16 Irani Cup. On 23 May 2016, he was selected in India's squad for their tour of Zimbabwe in June for three

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s (ODIs) and three

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s (T20Is). He made his ODI debut on 15 June 2016, scoring 55

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against Zimbabwe. Under his captainship,

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won its maiden Ranji Trophy title on 1 January 2018. He was top scorer from his team by scoring 912 runs at an average of 70.15. In July 2018, he was named as the captain of the India Blue team for the

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. In August 2019, he was named as the captain of the India Green team for the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fazal, Faiz 1985 births Living people Indian cricketers India One Day International cricketers Vidarbha cricketers Railways cricketers Central Zone cricketers India Blue cricketers India Red cricketers Rajasthan Royals cricketers Lisburn Cricket Club players People from Nagpur Cricketers from Nagpur