The skipper of the Zimbabwe cricket team, Sikandar Raza is certainly very upset with the performance of his team against India as they lost the 5-match series by 1-4 despite starting the series with a bang.
After the fifth match, while speaking at the post-match presentation, Sikandar Raza accepted that his team is still making a lot of mistakes but he also said that it is controllable. He said, “I thought Blessing (Muzarabani) bowled well the whole series. Batting-wise, we are still below par, but we are starting to rectify the problems at the top. You are going to have bad games here and there. The grey area for me will remain our attitude in the field, we are still making a lot of mistakes, but that’s controllable, we are going to keep working hard and hopefully keep getting better.”
He further added, “It was unfortunate that Richie (Ngarava) wasn’t fit at the start of the series. Had he been declared fit, he was gonna play all the games. To have him fit is certainly a blessing because we all know his quality. To have Richie and Blessing … every time I was in trouble I looked up to them and they did the job for the team, really happy for those two boys.”
Zimbabwe will now face Ireland in a one-off test match but Sikandar Raza won’t be a part of the team as he stated that he is out of practice in regard to red-ball cricket. He said, “My workload needs to be managed. I haven’t played any four-day cricket in the last two years after my surgeries. My shoulder isn’t 100%, I don’t want to be a guy who just gets a jersey.”
He further said, “I need to go back, respect my domestic cricket and also respect my domestic cricketers who have put in a lot of runs. I will go back to play domestic cricket and test my own fitness. I am still available for Test match cricket but at this point of time, I am not because I haven’t played a lot of four-day cricket. I’ll leave for Manchester for The Hundred in a few days time, I am looking forward to that.”
That was a disappointing performance from Zimbabwe, what do you say?
