Hazratullah Zazai ( ps, حضرت الله ځاځی; born 23 March 1998) is an Afghan

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er. He made his international debut for the

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in December 2016. In February 2019, he scored the highest individual score by an Afghan batsman in a

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, with an unbeaten 162 runs off 62 balls against

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Domestic and T20 franchise career

He made his

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debut for Amo Region in the 2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 10 August 2017. He made his first-class debut for Band-e-Amir Region in the 2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 20 October 2017. In September 2018, he was named in Kabul Zwanan's squad in the

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of the

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tournament. On 14 October 2018, in the match against

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, Zazai hit six sixes in one over. In the process, Zazai also equalled the record for the fastest fifty in Twenty20 cricket, from twelve balls. He was the leading run-scorer for Kabul Zwanan in the tournament, with 322 runs in ten matches. In October 2018, he was named in the squad for the

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team, following the draft for the

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. In November 2019, he was selected to play for the

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in the

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. In October 2020, he was drafted by the Galle Gladiators for the inaugural edition of the

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International career

He made his

(T20I) debut against the United Arab Emirates on 16 December 2016. He made his

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(ODI) debut for Afghanistan against

on 27 August 2018. In August 2018, against Ireland, he scored the fastest T20I fifty by an Afghan cricketer, in 22 balls. In February 2019, in the second T20I match against Ireland, he scored 162

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, his first century in a T20I match. It was the highest score for an Afghan batsman in a T20I match, and the second highest score overall, behind

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's 172. His innings included a record 16 sixes, and his first-wicket partnership with

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was also a record for any wicket in a T20I, with 236 runs scored. Afghanistan finished their innings with 278 runs for the loss of three wickets, the highest total in a T20I match. In April 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the

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. In September 2021, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zazai, Hazratullah 1998 births Living people Afghan cricketers Afghanistan One Day International cricketers Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricketers Amo Sharks cricketers Band-e-Amir Dragons cricketers People from Paktia Province Kabul Zwanan cricketers Dhaka Dominators cricketers Cricketers at the 2019 Cricket World Cup Galle Gladiators cricketers Peshawar Zalmi cricketers