Sikandar Raza holds the record for the fastest century in ODIs for Zimbabwe. He scored an unbeaten 102 off 54 balls against the Netherlands in the ICC ODI World Cup Qualifier on Tuesday (June 20). With the help of Sikandar Raza's century, Zimbabwe successfully achieved the target of 316 runs in just 40.5 overs. This is Zimbabwe's second consecutive win in Group-A.

The win left Zimbabwe well-placed in the race for a Super Six berth after their Group A opening win over Nepal. In the second match, Nepal bounced back from the opening defeat to register their first win. He defeated America by six wickets. Bhim Sharkey was the hero of this match. He scored 77 not out. Nepal achieved the target of 211 runs against America.


Zimbabwe won with 55 balls to spare
Chasing 291 against Nepal, Zimbabwe got a bigger target just two days later. Sean Williams and Craig Irvine did wonders in the last match, so this time it was Sikandar Raza's turn. Sean Williamson scored 91 and Craig Irwin gave a good start to the team by playing an inning of 50 runs. After this, Sikandar Raza gave the team victory with 55 balls remaining while batting stormy. Zimbabwe won the match by scoring 319 runs for four wickets in 40.5 overs.

Sikandar shines in bowling too
Earlier, the Netherlands team scored 315 runs for six wickets in 50 overs. For that, Vikramjit Singh scored 88 and captain Scott Edwards scored 83 runs. Max Odaud scored 59 runs. At the same time, Saqib Zulfikar scored 34 runs in 31 balls in the last over. Sikandar Raza also did wonders in bowling for Zimbabwe. He took four wickets. Nagarwa got two successes.

Jahangir scored a century for Nepal
Coming to Nepal, they needed a win in the match against the USA. He was defeated by Zimbabwe in the last match. Nepal won the toss and decided to bowl. America's team was reduced to 207 runs in 49 overs. For him, Shayan Jahangir scored the most unbeaten 100 runs. He hit 10 fours and three sixes in his 79-ball innings. Sushant Modani scored 42 runs. At the same time, Gajanand Singh contributed 26 runs. Karan KC took four wickets for 33 runs for Nepal.

Nepal achieved the target of 208 runs in 43 overs. He scored 211 runs for four wickets. Bhim Sharkey scored the most unbeaten 77 runs for Nepal. Kushal Bhurtal and Deepender Singh scored 39-39 runs.

(pc amarujala)