the one-off test, guiding Zimbabwe to post a huge task to chase for the hosts. Despite his performances, Sri Lanka chased 389 runs and won the one-off test, by recording the highest chase in Asian soil. During the second test against West Indies, Raza took his maiden Test five-wicket haul in the second innings. Apart from fifer, Raza also scored two fifties and became only the second Test cricketer to score 80 plus in both innings and take a five-wicket haul after Proteas Jacques Kallis. Due to his all-round performances, Zimbabwe able to draw the match, and earned him man of the match as well. This draw, gave Zimbabweans, their first draw in 12 years, and the first time they avoid a loss since 2013 in 10 Tests. In February 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named Raza as one of the ten players to watch ahead of the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament. He was awarded the Player of The Tournament award for his 319 runs and 15 wickets during the Cricket World Cup Qualifiers though Zimbabwe failed to qualify for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. 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. Following Zimbabwe's failure to qualify for 2019 World Cup, the ZC Board took aggressive approach by snubbing senior players from the side including Raza for the 2018 home Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series which also featured Australia and Pakistan. In January 2020, in the second Test against Sri Lanka, Raza took the second-best bowling figures in an innings for a Zimbabwe bowler in Test cricket, with 7 for 113 from 43 overs. On 6 March 2020, in the third match against Bangladesh, Raza played in his 100th ODI match. In April 2021, he was sidelined from international cricket for a brief period and his international career was in jeopardy when he suffered an infection in his bone marrow. His condition was also speculated to be cancerous and he would have probably amputated had he opted for chemotherapy. It was later revealed that his condition was normal and reports of his condition to be cancerous