IPL playerAfghanistan2022 to 2025
Fazalhaq Farooqi
Right-hand bat
Fazalhaq Farooqi, a bowler, played three IPL seasons for two franchises.
The arrival
Fazalhaq Farooqi arrived through the auction: Sunrisers Hyderabad paid ₹50 lakh, the base price.
That first season brought 3 matches, 2 runs and 2 wickets at 9.17 an over.
Franchise by franchise
2022 to 2023, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bought at the 2022 auction for ₹50 lakh. 7 matches and 6 wickets.
2025, Rajasthan Royals. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹2.0 cr. 5 matches.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Sunrisers Hyderabad, 2022 to 2023. 2024 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 6 wickets in 254 deliveries, at 10.32 runs an over against a league rate of 8.95 for the same seasons: 1.38 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.
The fielding record: 1 catch.
At the auction
Fazalhaq Farooqi went under the hammer three times, bought twice and left unsold once. The highest price was ₹2.0 cr, paid by Rajasthan Royals in 2025. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹50 lakh in 2022, ₹2.0 cr by 2025.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Fazalhaq Farooqi made 12 IPL appearances, the last for Rajasthan Royals in 2025.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 3 | 2 | 2* | – | 25.0 | 0/0 | 2 | 9.17 | 2/32 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 4 | 1 | 1* | – | 20.0 | 0/0 | 4 | 8.78 | 2/41 | 1 | ||
| 2025 | Rajasthan Royals | 5 | 2 | 2* | – | 100.0 | 0/0 | 0 | 12.35 | - | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2022 to 2023
- Rajasthan Royals: 2025
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 66.7% |
| Balls per four | 15 |
| Balls per six | 15 |
| Dot balls bowled | 31.5% |
| Balls per wicket | 42.3 |
| Catches | 1 |
| Run-outs | 0 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | – | ₹50 lakh | Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹50 lakh |
| 2025 | ACC | ₹2.0 cr | Sold to Rajasthan Royals for ₹2.0 cr |
| 2026 | FA1 | ₹1.0 cr | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet