Sikandar Raza scored a century in just 33 balls to equal Namibia’s Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton as the second-fastest in T20I cricket. It remains six balls slower than Sahil Chauhan’s 27-ball hundred for Estonia against Cyprus in June.
In fact, Raza’s century is the first by a Zimbabwe player in men’s T20Is.
The Zimbabwe skipper came in at the fall of the second wicket in the seventh over, hit a total of seven fours and 15 sixes in his innings. Raza’s 15 sixes, however, is not a world record for most number of maximums in a T20 innings, the record that belongs to Sahil Chauhan of Estonia for hitting 18 sixes against Cyprus. Reza’s effort is the joint-fourth-most by a player in men’s T20Is.
Raza scored an unbeaten 133 from 43 ball as Zimbabwe set a new record score for T20 international cricket when they posted a massive 344-4 against Gambia in Nairobi on Wednesday.
The Zimbabwe total in the T20 World Cup Africa Sub Regional Qualifiers eclipsed the previous international record of 314-3 set by Nepal against Mongolia in Hangzhou last year.
Zimbabwe also became the highest scoring team in a T20I among all Test playing nations, surpassing India’s 297 for 6 against Bangladesh posted at Hyderabad earlier this month.
Gambia’s Musa Jobarteh also earned the ignominy of being the most expensive bowler in the history of T20Is giving away 93 runs in his 4 overs which was worse then Kasun Rajitha of Sri Lanka, who had given away 75 runs in 4 overs.
Zimbabwe’s record-breaking innings included 27 sixes, the most recorded ever in a men’s T20I, beating the 26 made by Nepal against Mongolia during their innings of 314/3 last year.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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