
Zimbabwe all-rounder Sikandar Raza has set a brand new document by surpassing Virat Kohli‘s achievement for probably the most Player of the Match (POTM) awards in T20 internationals. The Zimbabwe all-rounder completed this feat in the course of the second T20I towards Sri Lanka in Harare on September 6.Raza’s excellent efficiency included taking 3 wickets for 11 runs in 4 overs, contributing considerably to Zimbabwe’s five-wicket victory. His bowling helped limit Sri Lanka to simply 80 runs in 17.4 overs.
The 39-year-old Zimbabwean’s newest award marks his seventeenth POTM in T20Is, inserting him on the prime amongst gamers from full-member nations. This achievement surpasses Virat Kohli’s document of 16 POTM awards in 125 T20Is performed between 2010 and 2024.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!India’s present T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav has additionally earned 16 POTM awards in his 83 T20I appearances. In the general T20I rankings, Malaysia’s Virandeep Singh leads with 22 POTM awards in 102 matches.Brad Evans supported Raza’s efficiency with three wickets for 15 runs in 2.4 overs. Blessing Muzarabani additionally contributed by dismissing two Sri Lankan batters.Sri Lanka’s whole of 80 runs stands as their second-lowest rating in T20 internationals. Their lowest scores embrace 77 towards South Africa in New York, 82 towards India in Visakhapatnam, and two situations of 87 runs towards Australia in Bridgetown and India in Cuttack.Kamil Mishara scored 20 runs from 20 balls batting at quantity three for Sri Lanka. Captain Charith Asalanka contributed 18 runs from 23 balls at quantity 5, whereas former captain Dasun Shanaka made 15 runs from 21 balls.In Sri Lanka’s bowling effort, Dushmantha Chameera claimed 3 wickets for 19 runs in 4 overs. Binura Fernando and Maheesh Theekshana every took one wicket.The up to date checklist of most POTM awards in T20Is now stands with Virandeep Singh (Malaysia) at 22, Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe) at 17, Virat Kohli (India) and Suryakumar Yadav (India) at 16 every, and Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan) and Rohit Sharma (India) at 14 every.