New Zealand had their share of ups and downs within the ongoing ODI World Cup in India, however have made it to the semifinals of the event. They are going to face the hosts on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on November 15 in a repeat of the semifinal face-off 4 years in the past, when the Kiwis beat India by 18 runs.
There are a number of attention-grabbing match-ups this time round, however the one to be careful for will probably be between the Indian tempo duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami (or trio, together with Mohammed Siraj) and New Zealand opener Rachin Ravindra, the third highest run-scorer within the event up to now. With 565 runs in 9 matches, the 23-year-old has been one of many finds of this World Cup. He has scored three centuries and and two half-centuries.
Ever because the Rachin burst on to the worldwide scene in 2021, a narrative has been doing the rounds that he was named after Indian legends ‘Ra’hul Dravid and Sa’chin’ Tendulkar.
Rachin’s father denies naming him after Dravid and Sachin
Rachin Ravindra was was born in 1999 in Wellington. His father Ravi Krishnamurthy, a software program engineer, had moved from Bengaluru to New Zealand in 1990 and later began the Hutt Hawks Membership that arranges excursions for younger, aspiring cricketers to go to India for a camp each summer season.
Rachin’s grandparents nonetheless reside in Bengaluru. He had visited them throughout the event.
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Speaking to The Print, Krishnamurthy clarified that, opposite to in style perception, his son was not named after Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar.
“When Rachin was born, my spouse steered the title, and we did not spend plenty of time discussing it,” Krishnamurthy informed The Print. “The title sounded good, was simple to spell, and quick, so we determined to go together with it. It was just some years later that we realised the title was a mixture of Rahul and Sachin’s names. He wasn’t named with the intention to make our youngster a cricketer or something of the type.”
