On Thursday, teammate Karim Janat verified on social media that Hazratullah Zazai’s daughter died. Sharing the sad information, Janat also offered heartfelt sympathy to Zazai and his family.
The cricket world of Afghanistan has come around Zazai, offering condolences and reaching out as he and his family deal with the catastrophe.
Zimbabwe’s T20I series against Afghanistan 3 months ago was the last time Zazai was seen in play.
It with great sorrow that I announce to you all that my close friend like brother, Hazratullah Zazai, has lost his daughter. Janat uploaded on Instagram on Friday,” My heart hurts for him and his family in this trying time.
Zazai did not compete in the Champions Trophy with the Afghan team. Since then, he had 45 T20Is and 16 ODIs beginning with a one-day international against the UAE in 2016.
With one hundred and five fifty-plus knocks, Zazai has accumulated 361 runs in 16 ODIs and 1,160 runs in 45 T20Is.
When he blasted 162 runs off just 62 balls against Ireland in Dehradun, lashed with 11 four and as many sixes, Zazai ranks second among T20Is players having the highest single scores.
During the 2018 Afghanistan Premier League, Zazai hit six sixes in an over off left-arm spinner Abdullah Mazari while representing the Kabul Zwanan in their Sharjah match against the Balkh Legends.
At a breathtaking strike rate of 364.7, Zazai hit 62 runs from only 17 balls in that game. He and compatriot Mohammad Shahzad chased down a meager 108-run target with an undefeated first starting in just eight overs for the Bangla Tigers in the Abu Dhabi T10, his final major knock came.
Zazai first played a List A game for the Amo Region in the Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One-Day Tournament in August 2017, but could score just 54 runs in four matches at a dismal average of 13.5, following his T20I debut in 2016.
Zazai had his first-class introduction for the Band-e-Amir Region in the Alokozay Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-Day Tournament in October of that year.
