Fazalhaq Farooqi (born 22 September 2000) is an Afghan international cricketer who plays for the Afghanistan national cricket team in all formats of the game. Fazalhaq made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in March 2021. In franchise leagues, he plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL),

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in the

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(BPL), and

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in the Pakistan Super League (PSL).

Career

Fazalhaq made his first-class debut for Amo Region in the

2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament The 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament was an edition of the Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, a cricket tournament in Afghanistan. It was the first edition of the competition to be played with first-class status. The tournament sta ...

on 13 November 2017. He made his

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debut for Amo Region in the

2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament The 2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament was a List A cricket competition that took place in Afghanistan between 10 and 27 July 2018. It was the second edition of the competition to be played with List A status, following the an ...

on 10 July 2018. In September 2018, he was named in Nangarhar's squad in the

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of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament. In December 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's under-23 team for the

2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup The 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup was the third edition of the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup held in Karachi, Pakistan and Colombo, Sri Lanka. Eight teams participated in the tournament including five under-23 age level teams of Test nations and ...

. He made his Twenty20 debut on 14 October 2019, for Boost Defenders in the

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. In December 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the

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. In February 2021, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their series against Zimbabwe. The following month, he was named in Afghanistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad, also for their series against Zimbabwe. He made his T20I debut for Afghanistan, against Zimbabwe, on 20 March 2021. Later the same month, Chennai Super Kings included Fazalhaq as a net bowler in their squad for

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. Farooqi also served as Kings XI Punjab's net bowler in the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League. In July 2021, Fazalhaq was named in Afghanistan's

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(ODI) squad for their series against Pakistan. In January 2022, he was named in Afghanistan's ODI squad for their series against the Netherlands in Qatar. He made his ODI debut on 25 January 2022, for Afghanistan against the Netherlands. In February 2022, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the auction for the

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tournament. In July 2022, he was signed by the Colombo Stars for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League. On 23 December 2022, the Sydney Thunder terminated his contract following an investigation by Cricket Australia into a behavioral incident involving Fazal Haq, which occurred on 15 December 2022 and involved alleged harassment of female cricketing staff.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Farooqi, Fazalhaq 2000 births Living people Afghan cricketers Afghanistan One Day International cricketers Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricketers Amo Sharks cricketers Nangarhar Leopards cricketers Sunrisers Hyderabad cricketers Place of birth missing (living people)