Cricket is an unpredictable game. RachinRavindra turned out to be a hero in India vs New Zealand’s match in Kanpur testseries as he disrupted India’s chances of winning the game. Ravindra was bornto Indian parents in Wellington, New Zealand and is currently breaking theinternet for playing an enormous performance in the match.
His name ‘Rachin’ is inspired by twolegendary former Indian cricketers - ‘Ra’ from Rahul Dravid’s name and ‘chin’ fromSachin Tendulkar’s name.
The 22-year-old has joined the list of Indian-origincricketers to play for the Black Caps, namely, Deepak Patel, Ish Sodhi, JeetanPatel, Jeet Raval, Ajaz Patel, Ronnie Hira, and Tarun Nethula.
Rachin Ravindra was also part of the NewZealand squad which defeated India to win the inaugural World Test Championshipin Southampton, earlier this year. He was part of New Zealand's squads forthe 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and the 2018 Under-19Cricket World Cup. He made his List A debut for New Zealand A against PakistanA on 21 October 2018. In April 2021, Ravindra was named in NewZealand's Test squad for their series against England, andfor the final of 2019–21 ICC World Test Championship. In November2021, Ravindra was named in New Zealand's Test squad for their series againstIndia. He made his Test debut on 25 November 2021, for New Zealandagainst India.
New Zealand's last-wicket pair of Ajaz Pateland debutant Rachin Ravindra kept India waiting for the last wicket as lightsbegan to fade in the final half hour of the day. He batted 91 balls on achallenging Day 5 pitch in Kanpur to ensure New Zealand remain level in theseries going into the last game.