PAKISTAN · T20I OPENING BATTER

Sahibzada Farhan

A powerful right-handed opener from Charsadda, nicknamed ‘Patakha’. After years of heavy scoring in domestic cricket, Farhan became Pakistan’s first-choice T20I opener in 2025, and captains the Pakistan side at the 2026 Asian Games.

CAREER STATISTICS

International career in numbers

Format	Matches	Runs	Average	100s / 50s	Best
T20I	46	1,305	30.34	2 / 10	100*
ODI	5	95	19.00	0 / 0	31
First-class	63	4,796	44.82	10 / 29	245

Figures from ESPNcricinfo (via Wikipedia), 3 June 2026.

RECORDS & HIGHLIGHTS

Career highlights

Two T20I hundreds, with a best of 100*.
PCB Domestic Cricketer of the Year, 2021; top scorer in the National T20 Cup that season and again the following year.
Career-best 245 in first-class cricket for Peshawar.
Scored 449 runs in 12 games for Islamabad United in PSL 2025, earning his T20I recall.
Captain of Pakistan’s squad at the 2026 Asian Games in Japan.

PROFILE

Player profile

Born: 6 March 1996, Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Batting: Right-handed
Role: Top-order batter
Debuts: T20I v Australia, 8 July 2018 · ODI v Bangladesh, 11 March 2026
Teams: Peshawar (domestic); Multan Sultans (PSL 2026)
Shirt number: 51