Life is also a strange game! Imagine that by working hard you reach Team India. You make a great start by scoring a half-century in your very first match, but then you do not get a chance to wear the Indian jersey. Now if this is not called bad luck, then what can we say? And something similar happened with Vidarbha’s lefty batsman Faiz-e-Fazal, who could play only one ODI for India, whose first-class record is very good for Vidarbha. Faiz Fazal (Faiz Fazal called it a day) got a chance against Zimbabwe in Harare in 2016. And he introduced himself with the bat in the same manner as he was doing in first-class cricket. However, on Monday Faiz announced his retirement from all formats.
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Faiz Fazal announces his retirement from all forms of cricket.
He is the only Indian with 50+ score in only ODI match of career. pic.twitter.com/hwAFWCCjFo
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) February 19, 2024
Got a chance under Dhoni’s captaincy
Faiz Fazal got a chance to start his career against Zimbabwe in Harare on 15 June 2016. He started the innings with KL Rahul. And without any loss, India easily achieved the target of 124 runs to win. Faiz scored 55 runs in 61 balls without getting out with 7 fours and 1 six.
first class career very wonderful
This lefty batsman played 137 first class matches in his career. And in these matches he scored 9183 runs at an average of 35.00. This included 24 centuries and 39 half-centuries.
Because of this I did not get another chance
Actually, when Faiz got the opportunity, he was about 31 years old. And at that time there were batsmen like Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan with whom he competed. While Faiz was a specialist opener, he was completely a batsman. The competition was tough and age was against him. This was the reason why Faiz never got to play another match for India again.