Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza 15 fails to create T20I history against India | Cricket News

Zimbabwe veteran all-rounder Sikandar Raza He is standing on the brink of history as he is about to achieve a major personal milestone in T20I cricket. The Zimbabwe captain needs just 15 more runs to become the country’s first player to reach 3,000 runs in the shortest international match.Raza looks set for landmark win in Zimbabwe’s Super Eight clash with defending champions indian national cricket team ICC Men’s T20 World Cup at MA Chidambaram Stadium on Thursday.

So far, Raza has accumulated 2,985 points in 131 games and 126 innings, averaging 26.18 points per game. His record in T20Is includes 16 half-centuries and a century.If he achieves the feat, Raza will become the 14th batsman to cross the 3,000-run mark in T20Is, joining the elite list represented by Babar Azam, Rohit SharmaVirat Kohli, Jos Buttler, Paul Sterling, Martin Guptill, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim, David Warner, Suryakumar YadavVirandip Singh , Aaron Finch and Quinton de Kock.Meanwhile, Zimbabwe all-rounder Ryan Bull The importance of the upcoming competition was emphasized. Zimbabwe suffered a heavy setback at the hands of Cricket West Indies in their first Super Eight match at the Wankhede Stadium, losing by 107 runs, but managed to equalize by 255 runs.With both Zimbabwe and India desperate to keep their semi-final hopes alive, Bull acknowledged the scale of the match.“This is a must-win game for us; it’s a must-win game for India. Obviously, being a World Cup game, there’s a lot at stake here and if we’re going to advance to the semi-finals, we all want to win tomorrow’s game. So I think we’re all excited. Obviously, we don’t get to play India very often, so it’s something we’ve been looking forward to and we’ll grab the opportunity with both hands,” Bull said during the match. Pre-match press conference.