New Zealand left-arm spinner Rachin Ravindra, whose first identify is impressed by two of India’s cricket legends – Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid – is making his Test debut towards India at Green Park in Kanpur on Thursday.
Rachin’s first letter ‘Ra’ is impressed by Team India’s head coach Rahul Dravid, whereas ‘Chin’ is from Sachin Tendulkar.
Rachin Ravindra was additionally a part of the New Zealand squad that defeated India to win the inaugural World Test Championship in Southampton earlier this 12 months.
His cap was introduced to Rachin Ravindra eventually evening’s capping ceremony @cricketwgtninc Teammate Tom Blundell. #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/wuwkpyLDmW
— Blackcaps (@BLACKCAPS) November 25, 2021
The 22-year-old has joined Indian-origin cricketers like Ish Sodhi, Jeetan Patel, Jeet Raval, Ejaz Patel, Ronnie Hira and Tarun Nethula to play for the Black Caps.
Ravindra was additionally a part of the New Zealand squad for the 2016 Under-19 World Cup. The teenager has labored facet by facet with Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar and Ishan Kishan.
Five years down the road, he’s set to get an opportunity to roll his pathetic left-arm orthodox bowling towards the senior Indian group on the spin-friendly Green Park wicket.
Ravindra’s father Ravi Krishnamurthy, a software program methods architect from Bangalore who moved to New Zealand within the Nineteen Nineties, is the founding father of the Hut Hawks Club in New Zealand, which brings gamers to India each summer time.
With the Hut Hawks group, Rachin has been touring India yearly since 2011 to play pink ball cricket in Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chennai.
The gifted all-rounder has performed six T20Is for the Black Caps. He made his worldwide debut earlier this 12 months in a five-match collection towards Bangladesh, which New Zealand finally misplaced 2–3 to.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
