The player has been one of the most consistent players of his side and again came up with a magnificent effort with the willow, playing a big knock.
A Punjab Kings (PBKS) all-rounder scored a marvellous ton during his team’s latest game in international cricket. The player has been one of the most consistent players of his side and again came up with a magnificent effort with the willow, playing a big knock.
Sikandar Raza, the 38-year-old all-rounder from Zimbabwe, scored a whopping 133 runs in just 43 deliveries, including seven boundaries and 15 maximums, at a magnificent strike rate of 309.30 in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Africa Sub Regional Qualifier B game against Gambia. He took only 33 balls to complete his century, the joint second-fastest in T20Is and became the first-ever centurion for Zimbabwe in T20Is, surpassing Dion Myers’ 96 against Rwanda last night.
Among all the 100+ 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. Further, Raza becomes only the second batter after Sahil to have a strike rate of 300+ in a 100+ knock in a T20I innings.
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88.72% of his total runs came via boundaries, and Raza also hit the joint third-most sixes (15) in a T20I innings. He broke numerous records in this match with his willow and remained unbeaten throughout the innings to take his team to a massive first-innings total.
Zimbabwe posted the highest-ever T20 total
Not only Sikandar Raza, but Zimbabwe as a team also broke several records during their marvellous batting show against Gambia. They posted 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, for they scored 286/5 – the fourth-most – against Seychelles earlier this month. Further, Zimbabwe hit 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 a fifty for Zimbabwe, the most ever in a T20 innings. They defeated Gambia by 290 runs – the highest-ever win margin in T20s.
Gambia were bundled on a mere 54 in 14.4 overs during the second innings. Richard Ngarava and Brandon Mavuta snared three wickets each, while Wessly Madhevere dismissed two batters to register a historic win.
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