Sikandar Raza broke Rohit Sharma record: Zimbabwe cricket team captain Sikandar Raza was honored with the special award of ‘Player of the Match’ for his match-winning performance against India in the first T20 match. With this he has achieved a special achievement. He has jointly reached second place in terms of becoming ‘Player of the Match’ most number of times in T20 International cricket.
Not only this, Raza has left Rohit Sharma and Mohammad Nabi behind in becoming ‘Player of the Match’ most number of times in T20 International cricket. Both these players have the feat of becoming ‘Player of the Match’ 14-14 times respectively in T20 cricket. After yesterday’s match, Raza has made a record of being named ‘Player of the Match’ 15 times.
Sikandar Raza now has joint 2nd most player of the match awards in T20Is
Most POTM awards in T20Is
16 – Virat Kohli
15 – Sikandar Raza
15 – Suryakumar Yadav
14 – Mohammad Nabi
14 – Rohit Sharma#ZIMvsIND— Cricket.com (@weRcricket) July 6, 2024
Players who have become ‘Player of the Match’ most number of times in T20
16 – Virat Kohli – India
15 – Alexander Raza – Zimbabwe
15 – Suryakumar Yadav – India
14 – Mohammad Nabi – Afghanistan
14 – Rohit Sharma – India
Raza’s performance in the first T20 match
Talking about Sikandar Raza’s performance in the first T20 match against India, while batting at number four for his team, he played a short but valuable inning of 17 runs in 19 balls. When it came to bowling, he gave his team a great victory by taking 3 wickets while spending 25 runs in 4 overs.