The Zimbabwe skipper came in at the fall of the second wicket in the seventh over and hit a total of seven fours and 15 sixes in his innings.
Raza’s 15 sixes, however, are not a world record for the most number of maximums in a T20 innings. The record belongs to Sahil Chauhan of Estonia for hitting 18 sixes against Cyprus. Reza’s effort is the joint-fourth-most by a player in men’s T20Is.
Raza scored an unbeaten 133 from 43 balls as Zimbabwe set a new record score for T20 international cricket when they posted a massive 344-4 against Gambia in Nairobi on Wednesday.
The Zimbabwe total in the T20 World Cup Africa Sub Regional Qualifiers eclipsed Nepal’s previous international record of 314-3 set against Mongolia in Hangzhou last year.
Zimbabwe became the first Test-playing nation to score more than 300 runs in a T20I, surpassing India’s 297 for 6 against Bangladesh posted at Hyderabad earlier this month.
Gambia’s Musa Jobarteh also earned the infamy of being the costliest bowler in T20Is. He conceded 93 runs in his 4 overs, which was worse than Kasun Rajitha of Sri Lanka, who conceded 75 runs in 4 overs.
The 27 sixes marked a Zimbabwean record and the most recorded in a men’s T20I. That surpassed the 26 hit by Nepal against Mongolia during their innings of 314/3 last year.
