Who is Sikandar Raza, who scored fastest T20 century?
The date of 23 october 2024 will be remembered for a long time by the cricket teams of both zimbabwe and Gambia. On this day, zimbabwe created history by scoring 344 runs in t20 cricket, while Gambia has added a shameful record of defeat by 290 runs. In this match, Sikandar Raza has also changed history because he has become the first player to score a century in t20 cricket for zimbabwe by scoring a century in just 33 balls.
Sikandar Raza was born in Pakistan
Sikandar Raza made his international cricket debut for zimbabwe in the year 2013. But his life started from Sialkot, Pakistan. Sikandar was born on 24 april 1986 in Sialkot and when he grew up, he wanted to join the Pakistani air Force. He completed his studies from Pakistani air Force Public School. Unfortunately, he failed the vision test, which shattered his dream of joining the air Force. His family moved to zimbabwe in 2002, but Sikandar then stayed in scotland and obtained a bachelor's degree in software engineering.
Openly slammed Pakistan
Although Sikandar Raza is originally Pakistani, it was only a few years ago when zimbabwe surprised pakistan by defeating them by one run in the t20 world cup 2022. The pakistan team was heavily criticized for that defeat. After the match, when zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza was asked when in the match did he feel that he could defeat Pakistan. In response to this, Sikandar said, "We believed that we could defeat pakistan even before the first ball was bowled." With this answer, Sikandar created a sensation on the internet all over the world.