The player has been one of the most consistent players on his team and once again made a magnificent effort with the willow, executing a great shot.
A Punjab Kings (PBKS) all-rounder scored a wonderful ton during his team’s last international cricket match. The player has been one of the most consistent players on his team and once again made a magnificent effort with the willow, executing a great shot.
Zimbabwe’s 38-year-old all-rounder Sikandar Raza scored a whopping 133 runs off just 43 deliveries, including seven boundaries and 15 maximums, at a magnificent strike rate of 309.30 in the T20 World Cup Africa Sub-Regional Qualifier men’s ICC. Match B against Gambia. He needed just 33 balls to complete his century, the second-fastest in T20Is, and became Zimbabwe’s first centurion in T20Is, surpassing Dion Myers’ 96 against Rwanda last night.
Among the 100-plus scores in T20I cricket, Raza’s strike rate (309.30) is the second best after Sahil Chauhan’s 351.21 against Cyprus earlier this year. Additionally, Raza becomes the second batsman after Sahil to have a strike rate of 300+ on a knock of 100+ in a T20I innings.
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88.72% of his total runs came through boundaries, and Raza also hit the third-highest number of sixes (15) in a T20I innings. He broke numerous records in this match with his willow and remained unbeaten throughout the innings to lead his team to a massive total in the first innings.
Zimbabwe recorded highest T20 total in its history
Not only Sikandar Raza but also Zimbabwe as a team broke several records during their marvelous batting show against Gambia. They scored 344/4, the highest-ever T20 score, surpassing Nepal’s 314/3 against Mongolia last year.
Zimbabwe now have two of the five highest team scores in T20Is, having scored 286/5 (the fourth highest score) against Seychelles earlier this month. Additionally, Zimbabwe scored 27 sixes, the most ever by a team in a T20I innings, again breaking Nepal’s record of 26 maximums against Mongolia.
As many as four players scored fifties for Zimbabwe, the most ever in a T20 innings. They defeated Gambia by 290 runs, the highest margin of victory ever recorded in T20s.
Gambia scored just 54 in 14.4 overs during the second innings. Richard Ngarava and Brandon Mavuta snared three wickets each while Wessly Madhevere dismissed two batsmen to record a historic win.
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