Sikandar Raza

Profile details

FULL NAME

Sikandar Raza

PLAYING ROLE

All-rounder

TEAMS

Sharjah Warriorz

Zimbabwe's match-winner

Raza's 2022 was one of the great individual years in T20 cricket. He scored runs and took wickets at the T20 World Cup in Australia — including a match-winning spell against Pakistan — and he was named in the ICC's T20I team of the year. He bats in the middle order with power and timing, and his off-spin is a wicket-taking option, not a containing one.

• Role: All-rounder
• Team: Sharjah Warriorz
• Batting: Right-handed
• Bowling: Right-arm off break
• Born: 24 April 1986, Sialkot, Pakistan

For the Warriorz he is the all-rounder who can win a game in either discipline. He can come in at four or five and score a fifty, or bowl four overs in the middle and take two wickets, or do both on the same night — which he has done for Zimbabwe more times than any other player in their history.

From Sialkot to Harare to the franchise circuit

Raza was born in Sialkot in Pakistan and moved to Zimbabwe, where he studied and came through the domestic game before making his international debut in 2013. He has played in the IPL for Punjab Kings, in the PSL for Lahore Qalandars, in the BBL and the ILT20, and he has captained Zimbabwe in white-ball cricket.

He is also Zimbabwe's most capped T20I player and their most reliable performer in big games. Season 5 is another stage for a player who has made a career out of carrying his team — and who will be expected to do the same for the Warriorz.

The Sharjah Warriorz around him

Raza is Zimbabwe's talisman: one of the great all-rounders of the modern T20 game, and the player who carried his country to the 2022 T20 World Cup Super 12s almost single-handedly.

Born in Sialkot in Pakistan, he moved to Zimbabwe, came through the domestic game, and made his international debut in 2013, and he has played in the IPL for Punjab Kings and in the PSL for Lahore Qalandars. His 2022 was one of the great individual years in T20 cricket: runs and wickets at the T20 World Cup in Australia, including a match-winning spell against Pakistan, and a place in the ICC's T20I team of the year.

What’s next

Three league games to start the season for Sharjah Warriorz, then the run to the playoffs. The full list of every ILT20 fixture is on the ILT20 Schedule page.

• Match 2 — Sharjah Warriorz vs Gulf Giants: Sunday 22 November 2026, afternoon session, Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah.
• Match 4 — Sharjah Warriorz vs Desert Vipers: Monday 23 November 2026, evening session, Sharjah.
• Match 8 — Sharjah Warriorz vs Dubai Capitals: Friday 27 November 2026, evening session, Sharjah.

Qualifier 1 on Tuesday 16 December, the Eliminator on Wednesday 17 December, Qualifier 2 on Friday 18 December in Sharjah, and the final on Sunday 20 December in Dubai.

Follow every ILT20 result as it happens on SialTV, with the points table updated after every match day.