Sikandar Raza is among the top players that have played for Zimbabwe at the highest level. He is certainly the biggest match-winner that Zimbabwe have in this sport. Born on April 24, 1986, in Sialkot, Pakistan, Raza moved to Zimbabwe in search of more options to pursue his career in cricket. And he has probably become the face of the Zimbabwe cricket team.
He is someone who has achieved a lot of success for them and made a name for himself as a white-ball specialist. Making his debut in international cricket in 2013, he has played over 260 matches for Zimbabwe combined in all three formats. He has scored over 7500 runs and has more than 200 wickets.
Because of his consistent performance with the bat, he also got the honor of leading Zimbabwe in international cricket. After taking over the captaincy role, his own numbers also got better. In this article, we will talk about the captaincy record for Sikandar Raza in international cricket across three formats.
Sikandar Raza Captaincy Records in All Formats
Sikandar Raza was only the fourth player to lead Zimbabwe in the shorter format. He made his captaincy debut in 2015 as a stand-in captain. But he got the full-time captaincy in 2021. Since then, he has been leading his country in white-ball cricket, especially with his aura and match-winning ability; he mainly leads the T20I side. Overall he has led in 69 matches in white-ball formats and won 30 of them while 35 ended with a defeat.
| Matches | Won | Lost | NR | Tied | Win % | Loss % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | 30 | 35 | 2 | — | 46.77 | 53.63 |
Sikandar Raza Captaincy Records in Test Cricket
Zimbabwe don’t play many test matches, which is one of the reasons that the world has not seen the full potential of Sikandar Raza in the longest format of the game. However, Raza has played odd games. In tests, he has played 17 matches and scored 1187 runs at a healthy average of 35.96 with one century and 8 half-centuries. With the ball, he has taken 34 wickets with a best of 7/113. But he has never led Zimbabwe in the Test match.
Sikandar Raza Captaincy Records in ODI Cricket
Sikandar Raza is a key player for Zimbabwe in ODIs. He has played 145 ODIs and scored 4226 runs at an average of 36.11 with seven centuries and 21 half-centuries. He has also taken 92 wickets at an economy rate of 4.86 and a best of 4/55. In 2022, he became the 23rd player to lead Zimbabwe in ODIs. He has played five games as captain and has yet to win a game. He has scored 79 runs at an average of 15.80 with one wicket as ODI captain.
| Matches | Won | Lost | NR | Win % | Runs Scored | Avg | Wkts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | 79 | 15.80 | 1 |
Sikandar Raza Captaincy Records in T20I Cricket
T20I is the format where the world has witnessed the real domination of Sikandar Raza. He holds the record for most Man of the Match awards in T20Is and is the only batter to score five consecutive fifties in T20Is. Raza has played 99 T20Is and scored 2297 runs and taken 77 wickets.
In his career, he has led Zimbabwe in 63 T20Is, and his record is very even with 30 wins and 31 defeats so far. As captain, he has scored 1534 runs at an average of 38.10 with one century and six half-centuries. He has also taken 103 wickets as captain. He is a pure match-winner in this format.
| Matches | Won | Lost | No result | Win % | Runs Scored | Avg | 50s/100s | Wkts | BBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | 30 | 31 | 0 | 38.10% | 1534 | 28.94 | 16/1 | 103 | 5/18 |
