T20 World Cup 2024: Afghanistan has entered the Super 8. Left-arm fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqui has played an important role in taking the team here. He is the top bowler so far this season.
T20 World Cup 2024: If any bowler has impressed the most in the T20 World Cup 2024 being played in America-West Indies, then it is Fazalhaq Farooqui, who is currently running like a rocket in terms of taking a wicket. There is no other bowler around him. Whenever Fazalhaq comes on the field, he proves to be a nightmare for the batsmen of the opposing team. In the 29th match of this season, Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea teams were face to face, in this match Fazalhaq presented a view of his deadly bowling and hunted 3 batsmen.
Papua New Guinea was bowled out for 95 runs due to Fazal Haq’s lethal bowling, then Afghanistan won in 15.1 overs by losing 3 wickets. Fazal Haq was the hero of Afghanistan’s victory, who took 3 wickets for 16 runs in 4 overs. 23-year-old Fazal Haq Farooqi has played only 3 matches so far and has taken 12 wickets. He has become the highest wicket-taker this season.
He became the player of the match in all three matches
The interesting thing is that Fazalhaq Farooqi took 3 wickets for just 16 runs against Papua New Guinea, this is his weakest performance of this season, before this he had taken 4 wickets against New Zealand and 5 wickets against Uganda. He has received the Player of the Match award in all three matches. You will be surprised to know that star bowlers Jaspreet Bumrah, Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins are nowhere in front of Fazalhaq.
Fazalhaq Farooqui is far ahead of these giants
Currently, Jaspreet Bumrah is considered the best bowler in T20, who has not taken even half the number of wickets as compared to Fazal Haq (12). The special thing is that both these legends have played 3 matches each. Bumrah has taken 5 wickets in 3 matches at an average of 9.00 and economy rate of 4.09, while Mitchell Starc has taken only 2 wickets in 3 matches. Pat Cummins has 4 wickets in 2 matches. Not only this, Shaheen Afridi, who is called the storm of Pakistan, has only 2 wickets to his name. In this way, Fazal Haq is far ahead of these bowlers.
Who is Fazal Haq Farooqui?
Fazalhaq Farooqi is a left-arm fast bowler who has excellent speed and precise line length. He traps batsmen with balls going outside. Fazalhaq is proving to be lethal from the first ball. This bowler has played 37 T20 matches for Afghanistan team so far, in which he has taken 49 wickets. His best performance is 5 wickets for 9 runs.