Sikandar Raza Butt (Punjabi: سکندر رضا; born 24 April 1986) is a Pakistani-born Zimbabwean international cricketer.

He went to Scotland, where he pursued a bachelor's degree in software engineering at the Glasgow Caledonian University.

During season 2006, he scored three T20 centuries for Weirs CC - on the same square the famous Bollywood movie 83 was filmed in 2019.

[4] After the revamping of Zimbabwe's domestic structure in 2009, Raza went on to play first-class cricket for the Mashonaland Eagles.

In the Metbank Pro40 Championship Final in 2010, Raza scored a brilliant 44 for Southern Rocks as they cruised to the title against Mid West Rhinos.

By then, he had another fine performance, at the Masvingo Sports Club, where his opening stand of 161 with Chamu Chibhabha, simply by bludgeoning the Matabeleland Tuskers bowlers, led the foundation for a massive Southern Rocks victory.

[13] This made the Zimbabwean selectors select Raza for the training squad for the Australia A and South Africa A tri-series.

Opening the innings with the legendary West Indian Brian Lara and then getting great support from Elton Chigumbura, Raza took on the Matabeleland Tuskers's bowling attack.

On 3 June 2018, Raza was selected to play for the Montreal Tigers in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.

[19] In October 2018, Raza was named in Tshwane Spartans' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.

[20][21] Later the same month, he was named in the squad for the Chittagong Vikings team, following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.

[22] In July 2019, Raza was selected to play for the Amsterdam Knights in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.

[31] He made his IPL debut for Punjab Kings against Kolkata Knight Riders on 1 April 2023, scoring 16 off 13 balls and taking the figures of 1-25 from 3 overs.

[32] On 15 April 2023, he claimed his maiden IPL half-century, scoring 57 runs of 41 balls helping his team to defeat Lucknow Super Giants by 2 wickets.

[42] The partnership was crucial in the end as Zimbabwe stunned West Indies by 5 runs in D/L method.

[56][57] When he was asked by commentator Pommie Mbangwa whether he was happy with the Player of the Tournament award, he started by saying he was unhappy and insisted that the team had broken the hearts of 15 million Zimbabweans and also vented his frustrations over the ten team World Cup which restricted associate nations from competing in the biggest showpiece.

[76] Both Raza and Kaia added a crucial 192 run stand which was Zimbabwe's fourth highest ever partnership for any wicket.

[81] During the second ODI, he also added 201 runs with Regis Chakabva for the fifth wicket to guide Zimbabwe into the driver's seat from a precarious position.

[85][86] His knock certainly paved a way for a possible prospect of a shock win over India as Zimbabwe managed to overcome from 169/7 to within touching distance of a famous victory albeit Sikandar Raza's monumental century.

He guided Zimbabwe to a 6 wicket victory and due to his all round performance he won player of the match award.

[89] On 23 October 2024, Raza became the first Zimbabwe player to score a T20I century when he made 133 not out off 43 balls against The Gambia, during the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub-regional Qualifier B tournament in Nairobi, Kenya.