It is not easy living up to your name, especially when it is inspired by two greats of the game. New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra achieved that difficult feat with his dream World Cup debut against England on Thursday.
The 23-year-old made an unbeaten 123 off 96 balls against the defending champions to help secure New Zealand'sRavindra forged a brilliant 273-run second-wicket stand with Devon Conway, who smashed an unbeaten 152 as New Zealand romped to a 283-run victory target with 13.4 overs to spare.
"A hundred's always special. But in terms of being able to perform in India, it is pretty cool," the curly-haired all-rounder told reporters.Ravindra was thrust into the limelight when stand-in skipper Tom Latham introduced him to bowl the 17th over of England's innings. Ravindra had his revenge, however, when Brook mistimed a pull off the final delivery of the over and holed out to Conway on the boundary.Groomed primarily as a middle-order batter, who is also a handy part-time spinner, this was the first time in 13 ODI appearances that Ravindra batted in the top order.
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