The 20-year-old left-arm pacer has played one T20I for Afghanistan.
During one of the sessions, a certain left-arm pacer caught the eye of fans and other cricket lovers, who was generating serious pace and troubling the likes of Ambati Rayudu with his speed and control. Not only Rayudu but Robin Uthappa and Ruturaj Gaikwad had trouble negotiating the pace of that bowler.
The young left-arm pacer is 20-year-old Fazalhaq Farooqi from Afghanistan who was roped in by the CSK team as one of the net bowlers. His lightning pace made quite a few heads turn and made the life of batsmen hard with impeccable line and length.
With Josh Hazlewood pulling out of the IPL 2021, CSK has only Lungi Ngidi as the lone established overseas fast bowler in their ranks. Amongst the Indian pacers, CSK has Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, and K Asif, along with England’s all-rounder Sam Curran.
CSK is yet to name a replacement for Josh Hazlewood, but Farooqi maybe that name after his exploits in the nets.
(Hindustan Times inputs)