Ever since Rashid Khan has emerged, Afghanistan has had handful of spinners coming from its system. However, not so long ago this country wasn't known as a spin producing country but a fast bowler producing country. The Afghani blue was once clothed by the likes of Hamid Hassan, Shapoor Zadran, Izatullah Dawlatzai and Dawlat Zadran. But with time, these pacers developed injuries' and while they retired, more pacers were expected to come. Soon, Rashid Khan would get discovered and every bowler that has come out from Afghanistan has been a spinner. While the country has produced some medium pacers, fast bowling seemed to had gone extinct. In comes Fazalhaq Farooqi, a left arm pacer. The young pace man would start his journey from the U-19 cricket scenes in Afghanistan. He would take part in the U-19 World Cup of 2020 where he would get 5 wickets in four games at an economy rate of 5.12. Interestingly enough, Farooqi wasn't immediately selected to play in his country's do...
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