Veteran Zimbabwe all-rounder Sikandar Raza stands getting ready to historical past as he closes in on a serious private milestone in T20I cricket. The Zimbabwe captain wants simply 15 extra runs to turn out to be the primary participant from his nation to achieve 3000 runs within the shortest worldwide format.Raza is predicted to focus on the landmark in Zimbabwe’s must-win Super Eight conflict towards defending champions India national cricket team on the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Thursday within the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
So far, Raza has accrued 2985 runs in 131 matches and 126 innings, averaging 26.18. His document in T20Is consists of 16 half-centuries and one century.If he achieves the feat, Raza will turn out to be the 14th batter general to cross the 3000-run mark in T20Is, becoming a member of an elite listing that includes Babar Azam, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jos Buttler, Paul Stirling, Martin Guptill, Mohammad Rizwan, Muhammad Waseem, David Warner, Suryakumar Yadav, Virandeep Singh, Aaron Finch and Quinton de Kock.Meanwhile, Zimbabwe all-rounder Ryan Burl underlined the significance of the upcoming fixture. Zimbabwe had been closely overwhelmed by the West Indies cricket workforce of their first Super Eight match on the Wankhede Stadium, dropping by 107 runs whereas chasing a frightening 255.With each Zimbabwe and India determined to maintain their semi-final hopes alive, Burl acknowledged the magnitude of the competition.“It is a must-win match for us; it’s also a must-win game for India. There’s obviously a lot at stake here, being a World Cup game, and if we are to progress to the semi-finals, we both want to look at winning tomorrow’s game. So I think we are both excited. Obviously, we don’t get to play India a lot, so it’s something that we really have been looking forward to, and we will grab the opportunity with both hands,” Burl mentioned in the course of the pre-match press convention.
