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Rachin Ravindra

New Zealand cricketer
Date of Birth : 18 November, 1999 (Age 26)
Place of Birth : Wellington, New Zealand
Profession : Cricket Player
Nationality : New Zealand
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Rachin Ravindra (রচিন রবীন্দ্র) is a New Zealand international cricketer. He made his international debut for the New Zealand cricket team in September 2021.

Early life

Rachin Ravindra was born in Wellington on 18 November 1999 to parents from Bangalore, Karnataka. His father Ravi Krishnamurthy, a software architect, played club-level cricket in Bengaluru before settling in New Zealand in 1997. Rachin Ravindra's first name was reported to be a portmanteau of the first names of Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar, but his father, while acknowledging the portmanteau, dismissed it as coincidence. His grandfather Balakrishna Adiga is an educationist and former principal of Vijaya College, Bengaluru. Ravindra began his cricket journey after being influenced by Sachin Tendulkar since childhood.

Rachin Ravindra began playing cricket in Wellington at the age of five, and travelled to India every year to play club cricket for Hutt Hawks Cricket Club, run by his father. He grew up playing junior cricket for Hutt District cricket.

Career

Rachin was a part of New Zealand's squads for the 2016 and the 2018 Under-19 World Cups. Following the conclusion of the 2018 edition, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named Rachin Ravindra as one of the rising stars of the competition. In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Wellington for the 2018–19 season.

Rachin made his List A debut for New Zealand A against Pakistan A in October 2018. He made his first-class debut for New Zealand A against the same side later in the month. In November 2019, batting for Wellington against Auckland in the 2019–20 Ford Trophy, he scored his first century in List A cricket. In March 2020, in round six of the 2019–20 Plunket Shield season, he scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.

ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023
Rachin was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2023 World Cup. He was not officially in contention to make it into the final squad for the 2023 World Cup, but he found his way into the 15 man squad replacing injured Michael Bracewell. Rachin was not a first choice option for New Zealand going into the World Cup preparations in full swing, as he was predominantly used by New Zealand team as a spin bowling all-rounder who could bat way down the order. However, a fitness concerns to New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson brought about a paradigm shift approach within the team management which opted to promote Rachin to bat at number three position in New Zealand's opening match against England. Prior to the start of the World Cup, he didn't bat at a position higher than number 6 slot in the limited ODI appearances he featured for the Black Caps.

In the opening match against England, batting at no. 3 in place of Williamson, he became only the fourth Kiwi player to hit a century on World Cup debut by scoring 123* runs off just 96 balls. It was also coincidentally his maiden ODI century. This was also the fastest century by a New Zealand player in World Cup, reaching 100 in 82 balls. He also became the youngest New Zealand player to score a World Cup century at the age of 23 years and 321 days. Also, along with Devon Conway, he registered the fourth highest partnership in World Cup history, and helped his team beat the defending champions. On 28 October 2023, during a group stage match against Australia, Rachin scored his second century and gave New Zealand a glimmer of hope in a high scoring run chase of 389 at Dharamsala which New Zealand lost by five runs, a match that aggregated 771 runs to become the World Cup match with the highest aggregate involving the combination of both teams' totals. He became only the second batter in World Cup history after Sachin Tendulkar to have scored two centuries in World Cups at the age of 23. Soon after another century against Pakistan, he became the first cricketer to score three centuries and two 50s in his debut World Cup. Rachin was also second on the leaderboard for most runs scored in the World Cup next to Quinton de Kock.

Indian Premier League
In December 2023, Rachin was signed by the Chennai Super Kings in the player auction for the 2024 Indian Premier League.

On 22 March 2024, Rachin made his Indian Premier League debut as a player of Chennai Super Kings against Royal Challengers Bangalore. He scored the first six for his team in the league. He scored 37 runs in just 15 balls before being caught out by Rajat Patidar of the bowling of Karn Sharma. The following match he scored 46 off 20 (Strike rate 230) Rashid Khan got him out. He scored his first fifty against RCB on May 18. Rachin scored a total of 222 runs in the 10 matches he played for CSK.

ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024
In May 2024, he was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. Ravindra played three of New Zealand's four games before the team exited the tournament at the group stage following defeats to Afghanistan and the West Indies.

Champions Trophy 2025
In January 2025, Ravindra was named as part of New Zealand's squad for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy. He did not play New Zealand's first game, a win against Pakistan, due to continuing recovery from a facial injury he sustained in the Pakistan-New Zealand tri-series earlier in February. On his Champions Trophy debut against Bangladesh, Ravindra scored 112 runs off of 105 balls, becoming the first player in history to score a century on debut in both the World Cup and Champions Trophy. In the semifinal against South Africa, Ravindra scored another century, his first in an ODI knockout match. In the final against India, he scored 37 runs off 29 balls in a losing cause. He was the leading run scorer in the Champions Trophy, amassing 263 runs with an average of 65.75, and was named as the Player of the Tournament on 9 March 2025.

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