Mohammad Hafeez

His scores were 61 and 55 in first and second T20I respectively and scored 76 runs in the 2nd ODI and sharing an opening stand of 141 with Nasir Jamshed and also bowled economically to help Pakistan win their first ODI series in India since 7 years.

In this period, he was considered to be the main all-rounder of Pakistan Cricket team along with Shahid Afridi.

Mohammad Hafeez (Punjabi and ; born 17 October 1980) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer.

They eclipsed Aamer Sohail and Saeed Anwar's record of 144 runs which was made in 1996.

During this innings, Hafeez was forced to run a lot which towards the end was hampering him due to a leg injury.

Subsequently, he earned the nickname, the Snake of Sargodha, for his zigzag running pattern between the wickets.

Hafeez has played in Bhera and was one of several young all-rounders whom the Pakistani cricket team turned to in order to revitalize their side after their poor display in 2003 World Cup where Pakistan was out from first round.

His form with both bat and ball was inconsistent and in late 2003 he was dropped from the Test squad and subsequently from the ODI side.

Following strong domestic performances, as well as some consistent showings for the Pakistan A side, he remained on the fringes of a recall in 2004.

In the meantime he played a few matches as the professional at Settle Cricket Club, Yorkshire, in 2005.

Hafeez returned to the ODI side in 2005 and despite poor form with the bat, his bowling performances were impressive.

In the 2006 series held in Australia, Hafeez smashed his first century for Pakistan.

With Pakistan struggling to find a solid opening pair for the Test side, he was recalled for the tour of England.

His return to Test cricket was made at The Oval where he scored a fluent 95.

Subsequently, Hafeez retained his place in the Test squad for Pakistan's home series against the West Indies in November of that year.

After getting out early despite good starts in the first two Tests, he went on to score his second Test century in the third Test in Karachi.

In 2010 he was recalled for the third ICC World Twenty20 squad.

His form was poor scoring only 39 runs and taking only 2 wickets in 6 matches.

However he was subsequently selected for the T20Is and the ODIs on Pakistan's 2010 tour of England.

He was the second highest Pakistani run scorer in the ODI series producing some solid opening partnerships with Kamran Akmal.

Following this good form he was included in the squad that was selected to play South Africa in the UAE and he replaced disgraced skipper Salman Butt as an opening batsman in both Tests, achieving a batting average 32.50.

He played in all 5 ODI matches ending up as the top run scorer and he also topped the bowling averages for the series.

At the end of 2010 he was also selected for the party that would tour New Zealand and the West Indies and this resulted in him establishing himself as a regular in the Test, ODI and T20 teams.

Against India on 18 March 2012 in Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur at the 2012 Asia Cup, he scored 105 off 113 balls and was involved in a 224 run partnership with Nasir Jamshed, which is the best opening partnership for Pakistan against India in one day internationals.

He made his 4th ODI century in March 2012 against Bangladesh at Dhaka.

He also made his highest test score of 196 against Sri Lanka in the second Test at Colombo in June 2012.

In December 2012, during the tour of Pakistani cricket team in India in 2012–13, he came across as a very different and aggressive batsman and scored so brilliantly and briskly and helped Pakistan to win the first T20I and 2nd ODI with his heroics of brilliant batting and nearly chasing a mountain high target of 191 in the second T20I.

Hafeez scored his test career best of 224 runs against Bangladesh in 2015 at Khulna during the Dan Cake Series.

He was a member of the Pakistan team that won the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, and had a major role in the final, where he scored an unbeaten innings of 57.

He retired from Test cricket after the third and final match against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi in December 2018, departing the ground for the final time in white clothing to a guard of honour from his teammates.

On 3 January 2022, he announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket, ending a career that spanned more than 18 years.

He was the fourth international player to play in the Caribbean Premier League and the first Pakistani player to be named to be chosen for Twenty20 tournament.

He is nicknamed "The Professor".

The major teams for which he played are Pakistan, Lahore, Lahore Lions, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Kolkata Knight Riders, Sargodha, Sui Gas Corporation of Pakistan.

In August 2018, he was one of the thirty-three players to be awarded a central contract for the 2018–19 season by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

In December 2018, during Pakistan's series against New Zealand, Hafeez announced that he would retire from Test cricket following the conclusion of the tour, to focus on limited-overs cricket.

Hafeez said that the time was right to retire from Test cricket and that he was honoured to represent Pakistan in 55 Test matches, including captaining the side.

After a lackluster personal ICC 2019 World Cup campaign albeit a match-winning 84 batting at number 4 against England in the round-robin stage in 2019, he found new life as a T20 specialist for Pakistan and various leagues across the world.

This culminated in him being the leading run scorer in T20I cricket in the world in 2020.

Having to disrupt his studies because of his professional cricket career, in 2023 he resumed them at the age of 42 by enrolling in the University of Karachi's BS Health Physical Education and Sports Sciences (HPESS) program.