Tragic: Sikandar Raza's brother passes away at 13; Zimbabwe star posts emotional message

NEW DELHI: The cricket fraternity successful Zimbabwe has been near profoundly shaken pursuing heartbreaking quality shared by the household of nationalist T20I skipper Sikandar Raza. In a tragic improvement that has resonated crossed the planetary cricketing community, it has been confirmed that Raza’s younger brother, Muhammad Mahdi, passed distant earlier this week.Zimbabwe Cricket took to their societal media and issued an authoritative statement.

"Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) extends its heartfelt condolences to Zimbabwe T20I Captain Sikandar Raza and his household successful airy of the untimely passing of his cherished younger brother, Muhammad Mahdi, who departed this beingness connected 29 December 2025 successful Harare, astatine the tender property of 13."Muhammad Mahdi was calved with the superior aesculapian information haemophilia, and unluckily mislaid his beingness owed to caller and terrible wellness complications.

He was laid to remainder connected 30 December 2025 astatine Warren Hills Cemetery located successful Harare. The full ZC Board, Management, Players, and Staff basal agreed successful unwavering solidarity with Sikandar Raza and his grieving household during this profoundly challenging time. We commune that Allah grants them comfortableness and spot to endure this loss, and whitethorn Muhammad Mahdi’s psyche remainder peacefully successful eternal tranquility," the connection read.

Raza himself responded to the tragic quality connected societal media, sharing a breached bosom emoji beneath Zimbabwe Cricket’s condolence message.The idiosyncratic nonaccomplishment comes astatine a demanding signifier successful Raza’s nonrecreational career. He was past seen successful enactment for the Sharjah Warriorz during the ILT20 2025, wherever helium featured successful 10 matches, scoring 171 runs and picking up 10 wickets.His performances successful the UAE further reinforced his estimation arsenic 1 of the game’s astir reliable all-rounders, peculiarly successful the shortest format.

Even arsenic helium copes with immense idiosyncratic grief, attraction remains connected Raza arsenic helium prepares for 1 of the biggest assignments of his vocation — the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, scheduled to statesman successful February.As the cornerstone of Zimbabwe’s side, Raza’s enactment volition beryllium captious connected the satellite stage. While the nonaccomplishment of his brother, who battled haemophilia from birth, is simply a important affectional blow, the thoughts and prayers of the planetary cricketing assemblage stay with Sikandar Raza and his household during this hard time.