Sikandar Raza
Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka 1st T20: The Sri Lanka cricket team defeated the Zimbabwe team by 3 wickets. Angelo Mathews put in a brilliant performance for Sri Lanka in this game. He showed a strong performance with the ball and bat and led the team to victory. But one Zimbabwean player made history even after the defeat. This player achieved a great miracle for the first time in T20 International.
Raza achieved this feat for the first time
Sri Lanka captain Wanindu Hasaranga won the toss and invited Zimbabwe to bat first. Sikandar Raza played a storming innings for Zimbabwe. He scored 62 runs in 42 balls, including 5 fours and 2 sixes. This is his fifth consecutive half-century in T20 International. He is the first player to score five consecutive half-centuries in T20 International cricket. No one has ever done that before him.
In T20I cricket, Sikandar Raza scored 62 runs against Sri Lanka, 65 runs against Ireland, 82 runs against Kenya, 65 runs against Nigeria and 58 runs against Rwanda. In T20 International cricket, Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum and Reeza Hendricks had scored four consecutive half-centuries each.
Sri Lanka won the game
First up, Zimbabwe scored 143 runs in 20 overs. For the team, Sikandar Raza scored the highest score of 62 runs and Sean Williams scored 14 runs. Craig Irwin contributed 10 runs and Tinashe Kamunukamwe contributed 26 runs. Mahesh Tikshina and Wanindu Hasaranga took 2-2 wickets for Sri Lanka. Angelo Mathews then played a storming innings of 46 runs to give Sri Lanka victory. Kusal Mendis and Kusal Perera scored 17 runs each.
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