Sikandar Raza
Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka 1st T20: Sri Lankan cricket team defeated Zimbabwe team by 3 wickets. Angelo Mathews performed brilliantly for Sri Lanka in this match. He gave a strong performance with ball and bat and led the team to victory. But a Zimbabwean player has created history even after losing the match. This player has done a big miracle for the first time in T20 International.
Raza did this amazing thing for the first time
Sri Lankan captain Wanindu Hasaranga won the toss and invited Zimbabwe to bat first. Sikandar Raza played a stormy innings for Zimbabwe. He scored 62 runs in 42 balls, which included 5 fours and 2 sixes. This is his fifth consecutive half-century in T20 International. He has become the first player to score five consecutive half-centuries in T20 International cricket. No one has been able to do this before him.
Sikandar Raza has played innings of 62 runs against Sri Lanka, 65 runs against Ireland, 82 runs against Kenya, 65 runs against Nigeria and 58 runs against Rwanda in T20I cricket. In T20 International cricket, Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum and Reeza Hendricks had scored four consecutive half-centuries each.
Sri Lanka won the match
Batting first, 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. After this, Angelo Mathews played a stormy inning of 46 runs and gave victory to Sri Lanka. Kusal Mendis and Kusal Perera scored 17 runs each.
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