Fazalhaq made his
first-class debut for
Amo Region in the
2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 13 November 2017. He made his
List A debut for Amo Region in the
2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament on 10 July 2018. In September 2018, he was named in Nangarhar's squad in the
first edition of the
Afghanistan Premier League tournament. In December 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's under-23 team for the
2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup. He made his
Twenty20 debut on 14 October 2019, for
Boost Defenders in the
2019 Shpageeza Cricket League. In December 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the
2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In February 2021, he was named in Afghanistan's
Test squad for their series
against Zimbabwe. The following month, he was named in Afghanistan's
Twenty20 International (T20I) squad, also for their series against Zimbabwe. He made his T20I debut for Afghanistan, against
Zimbabwe, on 20 March 2021. Later the same month,
Chennai Super Kings included Fazalhaq as a net bowler in their squad for the
2021 IPL edition. Farooqi also served as
Kings XI Punjab's net bowler in the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League. In July 2021, Fazalhaq was named in Afghanistan's
One Day International (ODI) squad for their series
against Pakistan. In January 2022, he was named in Afghanistan's ODI squad for their series
against the Netherlands in Qatar. He made his ODI debut on 25 January 2022, against the
Netherlands. In February 2022, he was bought by the
Sunrisers Hyderabad in the
auction for the
2022 Indian Premier League tournament. In July 2022, he was signed by the
Colombo Stars for the
third edition of the
Lanka Premier League. On 23 December 2022, the
Sydney Thunder terminated his contract following an investigation by
Cricket Australia into a behavioral incident involving Fazal Haq, which occurred on 15 December 2022 and involved alleged harassment of female cricketing staff. The matter was not reported to the police and details of the alleged behaviour were not revealed due to confidentiality clauses around those involved. In 2024, he was named part of Afghanistan's
2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup squad. As of their match against Bangladesh, he had the most amount wickets at 16, just edging out India's
Arshdeep Singh and his own teammate
Rashid Khan. In Afghanistan's first match against
Uganda, he was named
Player of the Match. He took 5 wickets, at the economy of just 2.25, spearheading Afghanistan's bowling attack. In Afghanistan's second match against
New Zealand, he took 4 wickets, most notably bowling out
Finn Allen in the first ball of the innings, at the economy rate of just 5.10. In Afghanistan's third match against
Papua New Guinea, he was once more named POTM, taking 3 wickets at the economy rate of just 4.00. His performance in Afghanistan's last match of the group stage against
West Indies, was his worst. He took no wickets, at the costly economy rate of 12.66. In Afghanistan's first match of the
Super 8, against
India, he took 3 wickets at the economy rate of 8.25. In Afghanistan's second match of the Super 8, against
Australia, he took no wickets at the economy rate of 7. In Afghanistan's match against
Bangladesh, he took 1 wicket at the economy rate of 7.50. Farooqi signed to play in the English
T20 Blast for
Nottinghamshire in 2024. ==References==