By Admin 
Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2025 final match was as exciting for Lahore Kalandars, the more interesting story of his star all -rounder Sikander Raza reaching the ground. The journey that Alexander Raza, who was playing a Test match at the Trent Bridge ground in England a day earlier, the journey to play PSL final is no less than a film story.
test to PSL: one day, three countries, and the race before the toss
Sikander Raza had made a significant contribution to his team by scoring a brilliant 60 runs in the only Test against England, but his heart was a restless to play for Lahore Kalandars in the PSL final. Alexander Raza took two flights from England to play for his team in the PSL final. On the way, driving the car itself and reached Lahore via Dubai.
After this, he also played a match winning innings for his team in the field. The journey was so long and tired that he had dinner in Birmingham, breakfast in Dubai and Lunch in Abu Dhabi. He arrived in the field just 10 minutes before the toss. Usually, the players rest after such a long journey, but Alexander Raza landed directly and stood up till the last and played a match winning innings for his team.
The last over storm and victory celebration
Lahore Kalandars needed 31 runs in 2 overs to win and Alexander Raza was also present on the pitch at that time. When the match reached the final over, the team needed 13 runs in 6 balls at that time, when Alexander Raza won Lahore Kalandars by six wickets by hitting 2 sixes off the fourth and fifth ball of the over.
Raza completely overturned the attitude of the match by playing a smokeless innings of 22 runs in just 7 balls. Sri Lankan batsman Kusal Perera, who was present at the crease with him, also played an important innings of 62 runs off 31 balls and played an important role in making the team PSL champion for the third time.
After the match, Alexander Raza said that he was tired but he knew that the team needed him. He was ready to take every ball out of the boundary and did not want to miss this opportunity under any circumstances.