Farhaan Behardien (born 9 October 1983) is a South African former international cricketer who played

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and T20Is. On 10 January 2017, Behardien was appointed as the T20I captain for the Sri Lanka tour.

Early and domestic career

He also plays for Nashua Titans. He made both his first-class and

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debuts in the 2004–05 season. Behardien is an aggressive

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and a useful bowler, as well as an athletic fielder. In July 2009, Behardien travelled to

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for a three-week tour with the South African emerging squad. He also represented South Africa at the 2009 Hong Kong Sixes tournament, where he hit a six of the final ball to lead South Africa to victory in the final against Hong Kong. In the first half of the 2009 season Behardian played as an overseas player for

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. He had a role as coach of their under-13 side. In May 2017, he was named T20 Challenge Player of the Season at

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's annual awards. In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the

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team for the 2018–19 season. In September 2018, he was named in the Titans' squad for the 2018 Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy. In the same month he also scored his 6,000th run in

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, batting for Titans in the 2018–19 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series. In October 2018, he was named in

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's squad for the

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of the

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T20 tournament. In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the

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team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament. In April 2021, he was named in Free State's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.

International career

He made his T20I debut for

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against

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in early 2012. He scored 20* from 11 deliveries faced. Behardien also earned himself a place in the South African squad for the

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. He played in the South African ODI squad in 2014. He played an important knock of 65*.

Retirement

In December 2022, Behardien announced his retirement from international cricket. He expressed his decision putting a retirement note on

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Behardien, Farhaan 1983 births Living people Cricketers from Johannesburg South African cricketers South Africa One Day International cricketers South Africa Twenty20 International cricketers 21st-century South African sportsmen Cricketers at the 2015 Cricket World Cup Boland cricketers Cape Town Blitz cricketers Durham cricketers South African expatriate cricketers in England Free State cricketers Knights cricketers Leicestershire cricketers Nelson Mandela Bay Giants cricketers Northerns cricketers Punjab Kings cricketers South African expatriate cricketers in India Titans cricketers Western Province cricketers