IPL 2023: Sikandar Raza ILT20 – Zimbabwe cricket’s new superstar Sikandar Raza is still living in his dreams. With maiden IPL contract and ILT20 deal, Raza has now received two very special caps from ICC. He was voted in ICC’s ODI & T20 Teams of the Year 2022. At Dubai Capitals for International League T20, Raza flaunted his newly received caps from the ICC. Punjab Kings picked up Zimbabwe’s giant slayer for Rs 50 lakh from IPL 2023 Auction. Follow ILT20 LIVE & IPL 2023 LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
These are the moments when one’s lost for words and that’s exactly how I feel.
Incredibly honored and humbled to have received my caps for #t20 and #odi team of the year#alhamdulillah and #alwaysalhamdulillah for everything
Thank you all for your prayers#visitzimbabwe pic.twitter.com/SJfdB0LbW9
— Sikandar Raza (@SRazaB24) January 28, 2023
“These are the moments when one’s lost for words and that’s exactly how I feel. Incredibly honored and humbled to have received my caps for #t20 and #odi team of the year. Alhamdulillah always alhamdulillah for everything. Thank you all for your prayers,” Sikandar Raza tweeted.
IPL 2023: New face of Zimbabwe Cricket, Sikandar Raza flaunts 2x ICC Team of the Year Caps ahead of IPL debut with Punjab Kings, Check OUT
Sikandar Raza, World No 6 in T20 & ODI All-rounder rankings had a breakout year in 2022. He was voted ICC Men’s Player of the Month for August. He scored 645 runs at an average of 49.61 in 15 ODIs for Zimbabwe. He also slammed three centuries including one against India. In 23 T20s, Raza notched up 735 runs at an incredible strike rate of 150.92 and scored five half-centuries.
With the ball, he also changed matches single-handedly. In the T20 World Cup, his 3/25 against Pakistan helped Zimbabwe win their match in a dramatic fashion. In all, he scalped 25 wickets in 23 games including 4/8 as his best figure. In ODIs, he bowled tight overs, scalping 8 wickets.
Sikandar Raza was an integral figure for Zimbabwe in T20Is throughout the year. Not just in T20 WC qualifying, he is one of two expert spinners on the side. Wanindu Hasaranga of Sri Lanka took more wickets than anybody in the Men’s T20WC, and another star of the tournament completes the lineup – the Player of the Match in the Final, and the Player of the Tournament, England’s Sam Curran.
IPL 2023: New face of Zimbabwe Cricket, Sikandar Raza flaunts 2x ICC Team of the Year Caps ahead of IPL debut with Punjab Kings, Check OUT
ICC ODI Team of the Year: Babar Azam (C, Pak), Travis Head (Aus), Shai Hope (WI), Shreyas Iyer (Ind), Tom Latham (NZ), Sikandar Raza (Zim), Mehidy Hasan Miraz (Ban), Alzarri Joseph (WI), Mohammed Siraj (Ind), Trent Boult (NZ), Adam Zampa (Aus)
ICC T20I Team of the Year: Jos Buttler (C, Eng), Mohammad Rizwan (Pak), Virat Kohli (Ind), Suryakumar Yadav (Ind), Glenn Phillips (NZ), Sikandar Raza (Zim), Hardik Pandya (Ind), Sam Curran (Eng), Wanindu Hasaranga (SL), Haris Rauf (Pak), Josh Little (Ire)
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