Led by experienced Sikandar Raza, Zimbabwe open their T20 World Cup campaign with a Group ‘B’ match against Oman at the Sinhalese Sports club ground in Colombo today.

While there are some familiar faces other than Sikandar in the squad of Zimbabwe, who missed the last edition of the global event, like wicket-keeper Brendan Taylor, their squad’s youngest player — Brian Bennett — definitely merits a mention as the cricketer played a major role in enabling Zimbabwe to qualify for the World Cup.

The 22-year-old Bennett was in prime form on home soil, scoring three half-centuries and a hundred to clinch Zimbabwe’s place in the tournament proper. He followed that up with some good knocks in a tri-series against Pakistan and Sri Lanka in November, and may prove an important campaigner for Zimbabwe in the World Cup too.

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