Faiz Fazal

India|Opening Batter
Faiz Fazal
INTL CAREER: 2016 - 2016
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Full Name

Faiz Yakub Fazal

Born

September 07, 1985, Nagpur, Maharashtra

Age

38y 194d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

Playing Role

Opening Batter

When he won his first international cap on India's tour of Zimbabwe in 2016, Faiz Fazal became the first Indian player in 16 years to make his ODI debut in his thirties. It was an uncharacteristic call from the selectors on more than one count; Fazal was also the only player in India's squad without an IPL contract.

The call-up was reward for an excellent 2015-16 domestic season. The left-handed Vidarbha opener made 714 first-class runs at an average of 44.62, with three centuries including a match-winning 127 in Rest of India's epic chase of 480 in the Irani Cup; and enjoyed a run of consistent scores in 50-over cricket capped by a century in the Deodhar Trophy final.

Fazal has been an ever-present at the top of Vidarbha's line-up since scoring 151 on his first-class debut in December 2003. He could have been part of India's squad at the 2004 Under-19 World Cup, but an injury forced him to withdraw; Shikhar Dhawan replaced him and went on to become the tournament's highest run-getter.

Fazal is also a handy purveyor of gentle medium-pace, and occasionally, when Vidarbha squeeze in an extra spinner, forms a new-ball pair of contrasts with the pacy Umesh Yadav.
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Faiz Fazal Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
ODIs1115555*-6190.16017100
FC13823511918420641.002030445.232439--1350
List A11311393641129*35.00536167.911022--410
T20s6664312736620.861199106.170412119310

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
ODIs1------------
FC138-21091066234/484/4246.343.0391.6100
List A113-62651472/412/4173.424.9289.4000
T20s6613162195112/172/1717.727.2214.7000
Faiz Fazal

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Recent Matches of Faiz Fazal

MatchBatDateGroundFormat
Vidarbha vs Haryana1 & 016-Feb-2024NagpurFC
Vidarbha vs Manipur2912-Jan-2024AhmedabadFC
Vidarbha vs Services0 & 2605-Jan-2024NagpurFC
Vidarbha vs Punjab1924-Jan-2023MohaliFC
Vidarbha vs Gujarat0 & 417-Jan-2023NagpurFC

Photos of Faiz Fazal

Faiz Fazal receives a guard of honour in his last Ranji Trophy match
Faiz Fazal led the way for Vidarbha once again
Faiz Fazal waged a lone battle for Vidarbha, scoring his 23rd first-class century
Match referee Sunil Chaturvedi talks to Shubman Gill and Faiz Fazal
Faiz Fazal and Chandrakant Pandit - the brains behind Vidarbha's success
Faiz Fazal steers the ball into the off side