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Sachin Tendulkar + Rahul Dravid Meets New Zealand’s Latest Cricket Rapporteur, Rachin Ravindra – ThePrint

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September 2, 2021

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New Zealand multi-talented Rachin Ravindra pictured at the ICC World Championships under 19 2018 | Photo: Twitter | @CricketWorldCup

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New Delhi: In the midst of Bangladesh’s victory over New Zealand in the men’s T20 International match in Dhaka on Wednesday, the attention of Indian cricket fans and sports writers caught 21-year-old Rachin Ravindra’s debut in Kiwi.

Ravindra opened the battle for New Zealand, but Mahedi Hasan grabbed him and bowled the first ball to the duck in the opening before his team collapsed to 60. Bangladesh then achieved its goal in 15 overs, but Ravindra, considered a striking multi-talented man, managed to get the prestigious color of host star Shakib Al Hasan.

Rachin Ravindra, from Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, was part of the 2016 and 2018 Under-19 World Championships in kiwi, and he won the first professional domestic cricket contract with Wellington Firebirds. The son of Indian parents spent his childhood on several cricket trips to India to play Anantapur, According to Andhra Pradesh Telangana today.

His first name, Rachin, is said to be a portmanteau Indian cricket legends Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.

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New Zealand crickets Indian connection

Rach’s Ravindra is far from the first cricketer of Indian descent to play in New Zealand. At the 1992 World Cup, Captain Martin Crowe opened a bowling alley with Dipak Patel during his revolutionary time, and since then, many more Indian players such as Jeet Raval and Ish Sodhi have joined the ranks.

Ravindra is not even Wellingtons ’lone cricket connection to India. In the Khandallah neighborhood, there are also Gavaskar Place and Kapil Grove, named after the icons Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev. ESPNCricinfo was reported During the Indias tour in New Zealand in 2009.

All the streets of Khandallah get their name from India: Andaman, Simla Crescent, Satara, Ramphal, Delhi, Madras, Poona, Amritsar, Benares, Gaya, Vasanta, Amapur, Baroda, Agra, Lucknow Terrace, Mysore, Bombay concentrated area, Sidharth Mongan report said.

Mahatma Gandhi’s life-size bronze statue had also been erected at the city’s train station in January of that year.

(Editor Shreyas Sharma)

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