Sikandar Raza, 36, was born in Sialkot, Pakistan. Raza has been living in Zimbabwe with his parents since 2002. He made his debut in first class cricket in 2007. Top-order batsman Raza returned to full-time cricket in 2010-11 after completing his studies and scored 625 runs at an average of 41. In 63 T20 Internationals, Raza has 1185 runs in his name with six half-centuries. He has taken 36 wickets in bowling. Sikandar, who has played 123 ODIs, has 3656 ODI runs. He has also taken 70 wickets with 6 centuries and 20 half-centuries.
Ricky Ponting gave victory mantra
Sikandar Raza said after the match, ‘This morning Ricky Ponting sent me a small ‘clip’. I was excited, I was nervous, I was excited for today. The motivation was there, but I needed to do a little better. I think that clip did a great job so thank you Ricky too.’
The match was decided on the last ball
In the very exciting match of Super-12, the victory or defeat was decided on the last ball. Zimbabwe’s team could only manage 130 runs for eight wickets by Shaun Williams’ 31 runs. In reply, Pakistan’s team scored 129 runs for eight wickets. After this defeat, it has become difficult for Pakistan to reach the semi-finals. Mohammad Nawaz bowled the last over in the defeat against India. This time too, after scoring 22 runs in 18 balls, he was dismissed with two balls left in the last over.
Source: navbharattimes.indiatimes.com
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