In his very first match of IPL 2023, Sunrisers Hyderabad fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqui showed his impact against Rajasthan Royals. The left-arm pacer took two wickets in his first match of the season. This comeback of Farooqi was very special in many ways because a few months ago it was being asked whether Farooqui would be able to play in the IPL. This batsman has faced a lot of ups and downs in the recent past. He was discharged from BBL, then made his ODI debut for Afghanistan. Let's know about it -
* The Afghanistan pacer was sent back from Australia's T20 tournament Big Bash League in December last year. And the Sydney Thunder team terminated his contract in the middle of the tournament, citing an incident and Fazalhaq's role and behavior in it, but what the incident was was not disclosed. But it was because of this reason that the Afghan pacer was immediately deported from Australia.
* In such a situation, it is now being speculated whether Sunrisers Hyderabad will also break their ties with them in IPL. It did not happen that Farooqi, who became a part of SRH last season for Rs 50 lakh, has been retained by Hyderabad.
* Farooqui has shown a strong performance against Rajasthan in the very first match. When Joss Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal were performing their innings fiercely, it was Farooqi who reined them in. The left-arm pacer first got the wicket of Butler with a tremendous ball and then got rid of Yashasvi as well. He got two big wickets for a total of 42 runs in 4 overs.
* The last few months have been full of ups and downs for Farooqi. BBL pulled him out in the month of December last year but in January he made his ODI debut for Afghanistan. Along with this, during this time he also got colored by his brilliant performance in the Pakistan Super League.
