A member of England's T20 World Cup-winning squad, Hales is riding on a crest of an incredible wave of form since his return to national duty after a three-year hiatus.
Hales, who has only just returned to the England set-up in recent months, said that he did not think a comeback was possible, but was only too happy. England, with Hales in the squad, recently won the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia.
Alex Hales played a knock of 44 and Chris Lynn scored 31 runs to put on a 69 runs partnership stand and recorded an eight-wicket win with two balls to spare.
On Wednesday, Pooran smashed 77* to give Deccan Gladiators an impressive total of 134 for 6. Team Abu Dhabi's batting failed to rise to the challenges and got restricted to 99 for 6 and Deccan won by 35 runs
Season 6 of Abu Dhabi T10 will see the likes of Dwayne Bravo, Alex Hales, Suresh Raina, David Miller, Wanindu Hasaranga, Kieron Pollard and Eoin Morgan among others as they look to light up the evening at the iconic Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
Hales had issued a public apology when the photo was published by The Sun last year. As per Sky Sports, the image was apparently taken in 2009 when the batter was 20 years of age at a New Year's Eve Party
After superb performances in Super 12 of the ICC T20 World Cup, Suryakumar Yadav dethroned Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan to become the top batter. But his rating points declined from 869 to 859 after a poor 14 against England in the semifinal, which Indian lost
The star batter ended the 2022 edition of the tournament with 296 runs in six matches at an average of 98.66. He scored four half-centuries in the tournament, with his best being 82* in an instant-classic match against Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
A positive drug test and "complete breakdown in trust" with then-skipper Eoin Morgan forced Hales to watch England's 2019 50-over WC triumph from the sidelines, but here he is one of the side's top performers in their second T20 WC win
India exited the tournament after the semifinal. They had finished the group stage at the Group 2 table with eight points under their belt, having won four matches out of five. They had lost their group-stage match against South Africa