In March 2017, he was named in Pakistan’s limited overs squad for their matches against the West Indies. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Pakistan against the West Indies on 30 March 2017.
In April 2017, he was named in Pakistan’s One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy.He made his ODI debut for Pakistan against South Africa in the Champions Trophy on 7 June 2017, scoring 31 runs.
In the final against India, Zaman edged to the wicket-keeper, when he was on 3, but survived as it was a no-ball.After that, Zaman went on to score his maiden ODI century and helped Pakistan post a total of 338. With that, Zaman became the first batsman for Pakistan to score a century in an ICC event final. India batting second collapsed and Pakistan won the match by 180 runs to become the winners of Champions Trophy for the first time. Zaman was adjudged man of the match for his batting performance.[44] Zaman and Azhar Ali’s partnership in the match was 128 runs, making it the highest opening partnership in the Champions Trophy history for Pakistan, and the highest opening partnership in an ODI for Pakistan since 2009.
2018: England, Zimbabwe and Australia
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In April 2018, he was named in Pakistan’s Test squad for their tours to Ireland and England in May 2018, but he did not play.
On 8 July 2018, Fakhar scored 91 runs against Australia in the tri-series final in Harare to help Pakistan secure the title. He was named man of the final and man of the series.[48][49] During his innings he also became the first Pakistani batsman to score 500 or more runs in T20Is in a calendar year.
On 20 July 2018, in the fourth ODI against Zimbabwe, he became the first batsman for Pakistan to score a double century in ODIs, finishing 210 not out.[51][52] In the same match, he and Imam-ul-Haq made the then highest opening partnership in ODIs, scoring 304 runs. His innings propelled Pakistan’s total to 399, which was their highest score in ODIs.
