[2][3][4] His emergence in youth level caught the eyes of the selectors and within a space of ten months, he earned his maiden call-up to join the senior domestic set up in order to play top-flight first-class cricket matches.
[5][6] His first-class debut was itself came under the serendipitous circumstance, as he was announced as a concussion substitute for Spencer Magodo and Bennett walked out to bat at number five position during Mountaineers's second innings.
[15] Zimbabwe eventually claimed gold medal in the African Games cricket tournament defeating Namibia by 8 wickets in the final.
When Bennett was approaching towards his century who was well set in the crease to reach his landmark, bowler Zadran deployed a short-ball ploy by instructing to have two sweeper fielders in the deep on the leg side and Bennett tactfully handled the mind game of the bowler by playing the pull shot to raise his bat and take off his hemlet, signalling towards the crowd that he had reached to his century.
[29][30] Bennett compiled his maiden One Day International century scoring 169 off 163 balls in Zimbabwe's 49 run win over Ireland at the Harare Sports Club on 14 February 2025.