Hazratullah Zazai (born 23 March 1998) is an Afghan cricketer. In December 2016, he made his international debut for the Afghan cricket team. In February 2019, he had the highest single score by an Afghan batsman in a 162-run, 62-ball unbeaten Twenty20 International against Ireland.

Hazratullah Zazai is an Afghan cricketer who represents the Afghanistan men's national cricket team in international cricket. He plays as the opening batsman and bats left-handers. The pinnacle of his career came when he scored 162 balls instead of just 62 in a T20 International match against Ireland in February 2019. This is the highest score by an Afghan batsman in T20 cricket.

Domestic and T20 Franchise Career

In domestic cricket, Hazratullah plays for the Amount Sharks. He made his List A debut for the Amo region on August 10, 2017 at the Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament. On October 20, 2017, he made his first-class debut for the Band-e-Amir region in the 2017–18 4-day Ahmad Shah Abdali tournament.

In September 2018, he was called up to the Kabul Zwanan squad for the first edition of the Afghan Premier League tournament. On October 14, 2018, in the game against Balkh Legends, Zazai hit six sixes in an over. In the process, Zazai also set the record for the fastest fifty in Twenty20 12-ball cricket. He was the leading run scorer for Kabul Zwanan in the tournament with 322 runs in ten matches.

In October 2018, he was called up to the squad of Dhaka Dynamites team following the draft for 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League. In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Rajshahi Royals in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League. In October 2020, he was drafted by the Galle Gladiators for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.

Achievements in Domestic Cricket

On October 14, 2018, in the match against Balkh Legends, Zazai hit six sixes in an over. He also set the record for the fastest fifty in Twenty20 cricket, which consisted of twelve balls.

In April 2019, Hazratullah Zazai was called up to Afghanistan's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.

International Career

On December 16, 2016, he made his debut for Twenty20 International (T20I) against United Arab Emirates. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Afghanistan against Ireland on August 27, 2018.

In August 2018, he scored the fastest T20I Fifty by an Afghan cricketer with 22 balls against Ireland. In February 2019, in his second T20I match against Ireland, he scored 162 without an out, his first century in a T20I match.

It was the highest scoring for an Afghan batsman in a T20I match and the second-highest overall scoring behind Aaron Finch's 172. His innings included a record 16 sixes, and his first-wicket partnership with Usman Ghani was 236 scored Also running a record for every wicket in a T20I. Afghanistan finished their innings with 278 carries for the loss of three wickets, the highest total in a T20I match.

In April 2019, he was named to Afghanistan's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. In September 2021, he was named to Afghanistan's squad for the 2021 ICC T20 Men's World Championship.

Career Highlights

In 2018, Hazratullah scored the fastest T20I fifties by an Afghan cricketer in a 22-ball match against Ireland. In 2019 he scored 162 points with no out, contributing to Afghanistan's mammoth score of 278 for 3 wickets, the highest T20I score ever.

He scored his first century in that T20I match, the highest by an Afghan and only the second highest T20I in the world behind Aaron Finch's 172. That inning of his included a record 16 sixes. His first-wicket partnership with Usman Ghani was also a record for every wicket in a T20I, with 236 runs scored.

Hazratullah Zazai in ODI Matches

A One Day International is a type of limited overs cricket played between two teams with international status, where each side faces a fixed number of overs. He now joins Hazratullah Zazai in ODI, has been part of 16 games and has 361 runs followed by 16 innings, 67 of the highest total. The highest scoring rate of Hazratullah Zazai in ODI is 88.26 and the number of balls Hazratullah Zazai faces in ODI matches is 409.

Achievements in T20I

Twenty20 International is a form of cricket played by two international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), with each side having a maximum of twenty overs. The matches are high quality and the highest level for the T20. Let's look at the Hazratullah Zazai T20I achievements. The number of games played by .Hazratullah Zazai. T20 internationals are recorded as 15 and the number of innings is 15. He scored 570 in T20I. The highest score Hazratullah Zazai has in T20I is 162* and the number of 50s he has smashed in T20I is 2.

Twenty-20 is a compressed cricket format. It was introduced primarily at professional level by the England and Wales Cricket Board for inter-county competition in 2003. Now it's time to look at the full story of Hazratullah Zazai in T20. In 59 T20 matches we could see Hazratullah Zazai and his amazing shots allowed him to hit 1684 runs and his average score per innings is 29.54. The number of 100s and 50s he hit in T20 was a great moment for the team.