Perth, Oct 28(ABC): Zimbabwean cricketer Sikandar Raza feels that his side’s win over Pakistan in ICC T20 World Cup is best win for him since he has started playing cricket for Zimbabwe.
Sialkot born Raza took 3 wickets conceding 25 runs to help his side beat Pakistan by one run. A result that has made the group 2 of super 12 wide open for all the teams.
“I think since I’ve been part of Zimbabwe cricket, I will read this as the best victory we’ve had because there’s no better stage than this. The World Cup is the biggest stage of all and to beat Pakistan by one run defending the modest total, you have to do everything right to defend that, which we did. So, for me, that’s probably the best victory since I’ve been part of Zimbabwe,” he said at the press conference after the match.
“As I said, we were 15 or 20 runs short but I really truly believes in this group of boys. We knew that if we can field well and take all our chances and cut those important twos, we could really win this game.” Raza said.
The all-rounder said that Zimbabwe has a great opportunity to achieve something special in this tournament but the team is looking to take one game at a time and focus is now shifted to the match against Bangladesh.
“It’s quite nice to be here with group wide open now and not just wide open, but that Zimbabwe has got a really good chance to achieve something. I’m not going to start looking or thinking about the semifinal. I’m going to take one game at a time and look at Bangladesh and take it from there,” he said.
“I generally believe in this group of boys but what we have done is open the group for everyone who plays good cricket can basically win and you never know where Zimbabwe end up,” he said.
