By Madhavam 
Fazalhaq Farooqi records best figures by left-arm pacer in T20 World Cup history.
He has taken five wickets haul in the game against Uganda this evening where Uganda were bowled out for 58 runs in 16 overs.
Afghanistan player Fazalhaq Farooqi had a bowling spell of 4-0-9-5 against Uganda in their opening match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. He took five wickets haul at an economy of 2.25 against Uganda. He bowled 18 dot balls in his 4 overs quota.
Best figures by left-arm pacer in T20 World Cup history:
#1 Fazalhaq Farooqi
Fazalhaq Farooqi records best figures by left-arm pacer in T20 World Cup history as he had a bowling speel of 4-0-9-5 in his four overs quota against Uganda in today’s match. The match was played at Providence. Afghanistan won the match by 125 runs.
#2 Sam Curran
Sam Curran had a bowling spell of 5/10 against Afghanistan in 2022. Sam Curran bowled 3.4 overs in the match. England had won the match by 5 wickets. The match was played at Optus Stadium.
#3 Mustafizur Rahman
Mustafizur Rahman had a bowling spell of 5/21 against New Zealand in a T20 World Cup match in 2016. He had bowled his full quota of 4 overs at an economy of 5.50. Despite Mustafizur Rahman’s spell of five-for, New Zealand made 145/8 in the match and stop Bangladesh at 70 runs in 15.4 overs to win the match by 75 runs. The match was played at Eden Gardens.
#4 James Faulkner
James Faulkner had a bowling spell of 5/27 against Pakistan in a T20 World Cup match in 2016. It was also the Australia’s maiden five wicket haul in T20 World Cup. Australia had won the match by 21 runs. The match was played at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium.
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