Zimbabwe all-rounder Ryan Burl confirmed that skipper Sikandar Raza is fit and available for selection ahead of their crucial Super Eight clash against India in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup on Thursday.
The Zimbabwe captain will eye this historic milestone during the must-win clash against the defending champions India at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Thursday.
Chasing a challenging target of 179 runs, the Sikandar Raza-led side started with a blazing start when the openers added 69 runs for the first wicket. The wicketkeeper-batter Tadiwanashe Marumani made 34 off 26 balls including five fours and a six.
After Zimbabwe thrashed Sri Lanka by six wickets in the T20 World Cup clash on Thursday, skipper Sikandar Raza praised his batting partner Brian Bennett after their crucial stand guided the team to another victory, maintaining their unbeaten run in the ongoing tournament.
India's star wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan has jumped 17 places to eighth in the latest ICC Men's T20I player rankings following his Player of the Match heroics against Pakistan in the ongoing T20 World Cup.
Following their qualification to the Super Eight stage of the ICC T20 World Cup after their clash against Ireland was washed out, the Zimbabwe team, including skipper Sikandar Raza, celebrated their best performance so far in the tournament's history with the fans in attendance.
This marks Zimbabwe's strongest performance in all of ICC white-ball events in years and comes on the back of plenty of all-format action against some top Test-playing nations, including India, last year. Having previously made it to the Super Sixes stage of the 1999 and 2003 50-over World C
Zimbabwe became the latest team to advance to the Super 8 stage of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2026 after their match against Ireland in Pallekele was washed out on Tuesday.
After pulling off one of the biggest upsets of the ongoing T20 World Cup by beating Australia, Sikandar Raza urged that Zimbabwe's recent victories will mean nothing if they slip up now.
Zimbabwe pulled off the biggest upset of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026, defeating mighty Australia by 23 runs in match 19 at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
Muzarabani, Brad Evans and Brian Bennett starred in a massive victory for Zimbabwe over the 2021 T20WC champions, boosting their chances of a Super Eight qualification by giving them two victories in two matches. They still have to play Sri Lanka and Ireland in the remaining Group Stage fixt
This is the second time that the African nation has beaten Australia in a T20 World Cup match. The first was when Australia lost their group stage match against Zimbabwe in the 2007 edition.