‘Keeping it simple’ key to win World Cup opener in opposition to England says centurion Rachin Ravindra

Rachin Ravindra won’t have been a certain starter for New Zealand with out an damage to skipper Kane Williamson, however on the opening day of the World Cup, he laid down the marker in fashionable style as he slammed his maiden one-day worldwide hundred.

“It was pretty special, and to share it with Devon (Conway), my good mate, was very cool. It was a good game for us as a team,” stated Ravindra on the match-winning stand together with his fellow left-hander.

Speaking about how the duo went about their knock, the 23-year-old stated, “I think it was just keeping it pretty simple. The way me and Dev go about is to check in ball after ball and make sure what is important stays important instead of blindly trying to take someone down or do something rash.”

The all-rounder additionally underscored the efforts of the bowlers to limit England to lower than 300, saying, “It is cool to have such world-class bowlers. The boys bowled tremendously. There were times when they built a partnership, and we would get a wicket, which helped us to restrict them to 280.”

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Meanwhile, England skipper Jos Buttler felt his facet gifted wickets to the Kiwis and felt the execution was not on top of things.

“We were outplayed, and it is a tough loss to take, but we have guys with lots of experience who have faced these things before. Just as, had we won the game, we don’t get too high; we don’t get too low when we lose as well,” stated Buttler. 

“We were off with our execution and not clinical with our shotmaking, gifting wickets to them.”

“Had we got 320-330, it would have allowed us to put some pressure. The wicket got slightly better under lights, but the margin of error was small on that pitch, and the two batters played exceptional innings,” added Buttler.