Shreyas Iyer and Sikandar Raza will lead their respective sides when India and Zimbabwe clash at Harare Sports Club in a three-match T20I series. The first match will be played on Thursday, July 23, while the subsequent matches will be played on July 25 and July 26.
Since taking over India's T20I captain, Shreyas has had a tough time. In his maiden assignment, the Men in Blue suffered a 0-2 loss in Ireland. Next, they went down 0-4 in England, with one match producing no result. India are yet to win a T20I under Shreyas. As for Raza, under him Zimbabwe suffered a 1-2 T20I series loss against Bangladesh in Bulawayo recently.
Shreyas has played 54 innings in T20Is so far. Ahead of the series against Zimbabwe, we compare his stats with those of Raza after the latter had also batted in the same number of T20I innings.
In 54 T20I innings, Shreyas has scored 1,335 runs at an average of 31.78 and a strike rate of 138.62. He has scored 367 runs in 10 innings against England at an average of 45.87 and a strike rate of 150.40. Also, he has 296 runs in eight innings against Sri Lanka at an average of 59.20 and a strike rate of 149.49. In 11 innings against New Zealand, he has 225 runs at a strike rate of 124.30.
After 54 T20I innings, Raza had scored 1,040 runs at an average of 20.39 and a strike rate of 125.60. In 13 innings against Afghanistan, he had scored 320 runs at an average of 26.66 and a strike rate of 137.93. Also, in 14 innings against Bangladesh, he had 222 runs at an average of 17.07 and a strike rate of 118.08.
In 54 T20I innings, Shreyas has notched up 10 half-centuries. His best score of 80* came off 49 balls against England in Bristol earlier this month and featured four fours and five sixes. He also scored 74* off 44 balls against Sri Lanka in Dharamsala in February 2022. In the next match of the same series at the same venue, he hit 73* off 45 balls, with the aid of nine fours and a six.
(Shreyas vs Raza - Batting stats comparison after 54 T20I innings)
After 54 T20I innings, Raza had scored five half-centuries. His best at that stage was 87 off 40 against Singapore in Bulawayo in July 2022. The innings featured eight fours and five sixes. He had also scored 82* off 40 against the USA in Bulawayo in July 2022 and 65* off 26 balls against Bangladesh in Harare in July 2022, with the aid of seven fours and four sixes.
In 31 T20I innings in wins, Shreyas has scored 835 runs at an average of 39.76 and a strike rate of 145.21, with seven half-centuries. In 18 innings in losses, he has 414 runs at an average of 24.35 and a strike rate of 131.01, with two half-centuries. In three innings in tied games, he has scored 18 runs. Shreyas has also scored 68 runs in two innings in matches that ended in no result.
(Shreyas vs Raza - Batting stats comparison in wins after 54 T20I innings)
In 18 T20I innings in wins, Raza has scored 424 runs at an average of 26.50 and a strike rate of 148.25, with three half-centuries. In 35 innings in losses, the 40-year-old had scored 609 runs at an average of 17.91 and a strike rate of 114.68, with the aid of two half-centuries.
In 22 innings in chases, Shreyas has scored 504 runs at an average of 33.60 and a strike rate of 134.75, with three half-centuries. In 32 innings while batting first, he has 831 runs at an average of 30.77 and a strike rate of 141.08, with seven fifties.
(Shreyas vs Raza - Batting stats comparison in chases after 54 T20I innings)
In 21 innings in chases, Raza had 362 runs at an average of 18.10 and a strike rate of 109.36, with a best of 41*. In 33 innings while batting first, he had 678 runs at an average of 21.87 and a strike rate of 136.41, with five half-centuries.
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