Zimbabwe’s experienced all-rounder Sikandar Raza produced a superb performance with bat and ball in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Africa Regional Qualifier against Rwanda and was awarded the Player of the Match award for his exceptional performance. did. This is his sixth Player of the Match award this year, tying him with India’s Virat Kohli for the most awards.
Zimbabwe defeated Rwanda by 144 points. Although Zimbabwe suffered a heavy defeat against Uganda, their strong performance against Rwanda kept their chances of qualifying for the T20 World Cup intact. Zimbabwe’s experienced all-rounder Sikandar Raza led the team with exceptional performances with both bat and ball.
Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza set the tone from the start, scoring 58 off 36 balls. His knocks include 4 hits, 6 hits, and 6 hits. Tadiwanashe Malmani further contributed to Raza’s performance by scoring 50 runs off 31 balls, including three fours and three sixes. At the end of the innings, Zimbabwe managed to score 215/4 thanks to quick contributions from Ryan Buhr (44* off 21) and Luke Jongwe (17* off 4).
Sikandar Raza maintained his impressive form and did a lot of damage with the ball. Thanks to his efforts, Rwanda was definitely able to move closer to the goal. Richard Ngrava (3/11) and his Blessing Muzarabani (1/10) did the initial damage, but Ryan Burl (2/7) provided a great performance in the middle order.
Raza entered the match and gave Zimbabwe another finish. He completed the match with odds of 3/3 with a hat-trick in the 19th over. He became the first Zimbabwean male cricketer to score a hat-trick in this format.
Despite this victory, Zimbabwe remain in fourth place with just four points and need further results to qualify for the 2024 T20 World Cup. Uganda is second overall with six points and a net run percentage of 0.503.
The 37-year-old had a great season in 2022 and 2023, playing a key role in Zimbabwe’s memorable victories over Bangladesh in the ODI and T20I series. He scored a century before him against India before Zimbabwe defeated Australia in their backyard.
Sikandar Raza has been in great form in recent years and is considered one of Zimbabwe’s best white-ball players. The Zimbabwe strong> all-rounder is one of the few white-ball cricketers who consistently delivers match-winning performances with both bat and ball.
