Punjab Kings seals Sikandar Raza for ₹50 lakh

Zimbabwe’s promising player Sikandar Raza secured his place in the IPL 2023 after Punjab Kings acquired the talented performer for ₹50 lakh.

Sikandar Raza, a veteran Zimbabwe all-rounder, has been in excellent form in white-ball cricket over the last year or so. The 36-year-old held his own against some of the game’s biggest names in Australia’s T20 World Cup, earning praise from Australian legend Ricky Ponting.

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During the T20 World Cup, the right-handed batter smashed 219 runs at a strike rate of 147.97 in eight matches. He took 10 wickets at an average of 15.60 with his deft off-spin. Following his outstanding performance, he was named to the majority of the expert-selected T20 World Cup 2022 XIs.