A left-handed opening batsman, he represented Sialkot in under-age cricket before being selected for the Pakistan Under-19 team.
In October 2023 he scored 104 for Pakistan in an Under-19 Test against Sri Lanka,[2] and he later played in the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2023–24, where he equal-top-scored in the semi-final against Australia.
In his third match he scored 130, putting on 312 for the opening stand with Ashir Mehmood against Dera Murad Jamali.
[5][6] Sialkot won the final, and he was the tournament's highest scorer, with 844 runs from eight matches and an average of 76.73.
[7] In January 2025, in the first match of the 2024–25 President's Trophy, playing for Eshaal Associates in their inaugural first-class match, Awais made 69 and 119, and Eshaal Associates won by 192 runs.