on his Test debut, he was dropped from the team when Zimbabwean captain Brendan Taylor returned to the team. Raza made his T20I debut on 5 November 2013 against Bangladesh. He is also the youngest person to hit a fifty in T20I. He achieved this feat when he was just above 17 years old. He scored his maiden ODI century against Afghanistan in July 2014, while opening the batting helping Zimbabwe to register a convincing victory over Afghanistan by eight wickets. He also set the record for the highest individual score by a Zimbabwe batsman in an ODI run chase as well as successful ODI run chase with 141. During the run chase, he along with Hamilton Masakadza set the highest partnership for any wicket for Zimbabwe in their ODI history as the duo added 224 runs for the opening wicket which made the run chase look so easy. He was part of the Zimbabwean squad for the 2015 Cricket World Cup tournament. Although his World Cup performance with the bat was not up to the level of expectations, he impressed many by his bowling. Raza was named stand-in captain in the second T20I during the India tour of Zimbabwe in 2015. Before this, he captained four times for Mash Eagles in domestic cricket in 2012. He led Zimbabwe in their first win of the tour by 10 runs. During the 2016–17 Zimbabwe Tri-Series, he jointly with Tendai Chisoro set the highest record 9th wicket partnership for Zimbabwe in ODI cricket by adding unbeaten 91 runs which propelled Zimbabwe to a reasonable totak of 218/8 after reeling at one stage on 127/8. The partnership was crucial in the end as Zimbabwe stunned West Indies by 5 runs in D/L method. Raza remained unbeaten on 76 off 103 balls. The highlight of Raza's match-winning ability came during the Zimbabwe tour to Sri Lanka in 2017. He guided Zimbabwe to win the final ODI to seal the series 3–2, their first ever series win against Sri Lanka. It was their first away series win since 2009 and the first away series win against a Test nation since defeating Bangladesh in 2001. It was also Zimbabwe's first win in a five-match series away from home. Raza won the man of the match award for his match winning knock in the final ODI. In the same tour, Raza scored his maiden Test century in