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Discarded Pakistan National Cricket Team keeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan gets back into his form in style. Rizwan claims a double hundred against Faisalabad Region in the ongoing Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. Rizwan was on his knees after securing the double hundred, as it meant a lot to the 34-year-old.
The last few months of Mohammad Rizwan's career were mostly driven by anxiety. Along with dealing with poor form, the keeper-batter had been dealing with issues off the field as well. After being dropped from the Test team, Rizwan's cricket career took a sharp dip.
Double hundred for Mohammad Rizwan
It is still unclear when or whether the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will call up Rizwan again in the national team camp after the recently occurred events. The national cricket board started an investigation process against him and Imam-Ul-Haq, with accusations of involvement in illegal betting activities during the Pakistan cricket team's Test series in England.
England handed the Babar Azam-led team a handwash in the Test series. But more than Pakistan's humiliation at the hands of the English bowlers, the focus went to the PCB and those seven players, who were snubbed in the middle of the series. Initially, it was believed that the snub of the seven cricketers and the head coach and the bowling was because of poor form. The actual story behind the scenes was different.
Internal investigation against Mohammad Rizwan
While an investigation agency was investigating some of the Pakistan cricketers who were in England, Mohammad Rizwan tried to address the matter in public. He attempted to get some safeguards from the investigation process as well. Rizwan's effort went in vain as the investigation process continued.
It has been weeks since the last updated of the investigation process over Rizwan took the headlines largely. At the moment, when multiple teams were in action for different series, the double hundred smashed by the experienced cricketer came out of nowhere.
Yesterday, on November 3, it was learnt that Rizwan got a hundred in a domestic match. The following day, he converted the hundred into a double-hundred. By registering the double ton, Rizwan made it clear that he is keeping his focus on cricket despite the outside noise.
Mohammad Rizwan's innings so far in a brief
While writing this article, Rizwan, who is representing the Peshawar Region, is standing tall on the ground after scoring 200 runs off 252 balls. In 252 balls, the middle-order batter sent the ball thirty-six times to the boundary, including 35 fours and one six. So far, his innings has spanned about 1459m.
With a double hundred by Rizwan and a century by Nabi Gul, Peshawar Region is on 503 runs against 4 wickets against Faisalabad Region. Because of such a batting display in the first innings, Rizwan's team is now the hot favorite to win the match.
Last time Mohammad Rizwan featured for Pakistan was on August 27 at Lord's during the Test series against England. In both of the innings of the match, he lost his wicket cheaply.
