Raza will become Zimbabwe’s ‘Alexander’ in the match against India! just so far away from making history

New Delhi. This evening’s Super-8 match in the T20 World Cup will be played between India and Zimbabwe, on which all eyes will be. This match to be held in Chennai is like do or die for India to remain in the race for the semi-finals. If we look at the head to head record, India has the upper hand, the mistake of underestimating the Zimbabwean team can prove costly for Team India. The Zimbabwe team has reached here by defeating the teams of Australia and Sri Lanka, in which team captain Sikandar Raza has played an important role. Sikandar Raza will try to cause havoc against India also. Apart from victory, Sikandar Raza will also be eyeing a personal milestone, from which he is just 15 runs away.

Actually, Sikandar Raza is just 15 runs away from becoming the first Zimbabwean player to complete 3000 runs in T20 International cricket. Zimbabwe captain Raza would like to achieve this special feat in the do-or-die match against defending champions India at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Raza has so far scored 2985 runs in 126 innings of 131 matches. His average is 26.18. In this shortest format, he has scored 16 half-centuries and 1 century.

If Raza completes 3000 runs, he will become the 14th player to score 3000 or more runs in T20 International. Before him, Babar Azam, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jos Buttler, Paul Sterling, Martin Guptill, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim, David Warner, Suryakumar Yadav, Virandeep Singh, Aaron Finch and Quinton de Kock have achieved this feat.

Zimbabwe eyes an upset
Zimbabwe all-rounder Ryan Burl admitted that the Super 8 match against India is very important. In its first match of Super 8, Zimbabwe had to face a crushing defeat against West Indies. In that match played at Wankhede Stadium, Zimbabwe lost by 107 runs while chasing a big target of 255 runs. This match is very important for both the teams, because both are eyeing a place in the semi-finals. India is also under pressure, because it had to face defeat by 76 runs in its first Super 8 match.

Ryan Burl said in the pre-match press conference, ‘This is a do or die match for us and also for India. This is a World Cup match, so there is a lot at stake. If we want to reach the semi-finals, we will have to win tomorrow’s match. We are excited about this match. We don’t get a chance to play much against India, so we want to take full advantage of this opportunity.