Faiz Fazal

Faiz Yakub Fazal (born 7 September 1985) is an Indian former cricketer who played for Vidarbha in India, and Lisburn Cricket Club in Northern Ireland. He has previously played for Central Zone, India Red, India Under-19s, Railways, and Rajasthan Royals. He was a left-handed opening batsman.

Faiz Fazal

Personal information
Full name	Faiz Yakub Fazal
Born	(1985-09-07) 7 September 1985 (age 39) Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Opening batsman
International information
National side	India
Only ODI (cap 214)	15 June 2016 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no.	24
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2003–2024	Vidarbha (squad no. 24)
2009/10–2011/12	Railways (squad no. 24)
2010–2011	Rajasthan Royals (squad no. 24)
2019–	Lisburn Cricket Club (squad no. 24)
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20 Matches 1 138 113 66 Runs scored 55 9,184 3,641 1,273 Batting average - 41.00 35.00 20.86 100s/50s 0/1 24/39 5/13 0/4 Top score 55* 206 129* 66 Balls bowled – 2,109 626 162 Wickets – 23 7 11 Bowling average – 46.34 73.42 17.72 5 wickets in innings – 0 0 0 10 wickets in match – 0 0 0 Best bowling – 4/42 2/41 2/17 Catches/stumpings 0/– 135/– 41/– 31/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 February 2024

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 One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).^[1] He made his ODI debut on 15 June 2016, scoring 55 not out against Zimbabwe^[2] in his only international ODI appearance. Under his captaincy, Vidharbha won its maiden Ranji Trophy title, in the 2017–18 season. He was the team's top scorer, with 912 runs at an average of 70.15.

In July 2018, he was named as the captain of the India Blue team for the 2018–19 Duleep Trophy.^[3] In August 2019, he was named as the captain of the India Green team for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy.^[4][5]

Fazal announced his retirement from professional cricket in February 2024. He retired with most First-class and List A runs for Vidarbha.^[6]