Faiz Fazal

Experienced batter Faiz Fazal will lead a strong 18-member Vidarbha squad for the Ranji Trophy beginning January 13.

Experienced opener Faiz Fazal will lead the Vidarbha team in the Vijay Hazare Trophy beginning February 20. Wicketkeeper-batsman Akshay Wadkar has been chosen as Faiz's deputy in the 22-member squad for the national 50-over championship.

Faiz Fazal has returned back to his roots. The southpaw has quit his job and is available to play for Vidarbha, provided he performs well.

Attacking batsman Faiz Fazal will lead Vidarbha in the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy, the national ODI championship, while Akshay Wadkar will be his deputy.

Captain Faiz Fazal struck an unbeaten half century to lead Vidarbha to an easy seven-wicket win over Baroda in their Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day match on Tuesday.

Senior VCA scorer and statistician Dilip Singh Upring had a busy Monday.

It was a romantic and rainy day when friends and family trooped in to bless cricketer Faiz Fazal and Tarana on the occasion of their wedding reception.

The Vidarbha think-tank has gone back to the basics as they approach the most challenging domestic tournament — the Ranji Trophy. After having Akshay Wadkar as skipper in T20 and one-dayers, they continued with their most successful player — Faiz Fazal — as the skipper in the 4-day format.

Centuries from captain Faiz Fazal (119) and Apoorv Wankhade (107) enabled Vidarbha take a firm control of their Ranji Trophy quarter-final match against Kerala at the end of the fourth day's play here.

Faiz Fazal's face underlined disappointment after he chased an away delivery only to gift a catch in the first slip on Wednesday morning. His departure and his seemingly long walk towards the dugout was a reflection of the big trouble Vidarbha were in against Saurashtra in the quarterfinal of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

KL Rahul and debutant Faiz Fazal struck half-centuries each as India defeated Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in the third ODI to complete a 3-0 series whitewash in Harare on Wednesday.

Even after Aditya Sarwate hit a six to seal the deal for Vidarbha against Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, Vidarbha had their eyes on two matches being played in Mumbai. Fortunes fluctuated as they waited with bated breath hoping for Gujarat to lose and Himachal to win keeping the net run rate in Vidarbha’s favour.

Faiz Fazal has taken his game to another level since started playing in the challenging English conditions. The Vidarbha captain has shown amazing consistency in the last four-five years in the Indian domestic circuit, and a lot of credit should go to his England stints.

'Nice guy' is what comes straight to mind when you think about Faiz Fazal.

An impressive 64 by Faiz Fazal helped Vidarbha beat Himachal Pradesh by 29 runs in the fourth quarterfinal of the Vijay Hazare Trophy at the ACA-VDCA stadium here on Sunday.

Vidarbha think-tank has brought in young leaders as they transit to a new era. They have handed over the reins of Vidarbha one-day team to their prominent middle-order batter Akshay Wadkar. The wicketkeeper Wadkar has replaced one of the domestic cricket's finest openers — Faiz Fazal — as skipper for the forthcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy starting from November 12.