Zimbabwe have won the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Africa Qualifier Group B. The tournament took place in Nairobi, Kenya. Zimbabwe remained unbeaten in the tournament.
The tournament included six teams, namely, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Seychelles and Gambia. While Zimbabwe remained unbeaten in the tournament, Gambia could not find a win in the tournament.
Kenya won all the matches except their last match which was against Zimbabwe.
Mozambique won three matches from their five matches.
Rwanda found two wins from five matches.
Seychelles found a win in their five matches.
In the points table, Zimbabwe stands tall with 10 points with a solid NRR of 8.893 and are the champions of the tournament. Zimbabwe dominated the tournament with both bat and ball. In this tournament, they also created multiple records and one of the world record is they are now the team to score highest total in the history of T20I cricket. They scored 344/4 against Gambia which was the 12th match of the tournament.
Top Run Scorers
Rakep Patel was the top run scorer of the tournament with 231 runs in 5 innings. Tadiwanashe Marumani was second in the list with 216 runs in 5 innings and Sikandar Raza was third with 199 runs in 4 innings.
Top Wicket Takers
Sikandar Raza was the top wicket taker in the tournament with 10 wickets in 4 innings. Richard Ngarava took 9 wickets in 5 innings. Shem Ngoche took 9 wickets in 5 innings.
