Who Is Rachin Ravindra – New Zealand’s Cricket World Cup 2023 Hero Named After Rahul Dravid And Sachin Tendulkar | Cricket News

Rachin Ravindra made excellent use of his promotion within the New Zealand batting order to slam his maiden century and information his staff to a sensational win over England within the Cricket World Cup 2023 opener in Ahmedabad on Thursday. The 23-year-old was despatched to bat at No.3 within the absence of Kane Williamson and he went on to attain an unbeaten 123 off simply 93 deliveries. The partnership with Devon Conway meant that England had no likelihood of a fightback within the sport and New Zealand began their marketing campaign on a thumping be aware. While Ravindra’s mother and father each hail from India, his identify really comes from two Indian cricket staff batting legends – Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.

According to numerous media stories, Rachin’s identify was impressed by Rahul Dravid (Ra) and Sachin Tendulkar (Chin) as his father was an enormous fan of the 2 legends. The teen began his cricketing journey fairly early and was included within the New Zealand U-19 squad for the 2016 World Cup.

He took half within the 2018 U-19 World Cup as nicely and in 2021, he made his T20I debut towards Bangladesh. He made his Test debut quickly after and his ODI debut in 2023.

Till now, he has performed 3 Tests, 12 ODIs, and 18 T20Is and towards Pakistan within the Cricket World Cup 2023 match, he impressed everybody with an excellent 97-run knock.

Put into bat, England made 282-9, a complete New Zealand overhauled with 13.4 overs to spare courtesy of an unbeaten 273-run stand between left-handers Conway (152) and Ravindra (123) in Ahmedabad.

(With AFP inputs)