From not getting selected into the initial New Zealand team for the World Cup 2023 to becoming the youngest player to receive The Sir Richard Hadlee Medal, Rachin Ravindra has come a long way in just a few months. The New Zealand left-handed batter, who has been outstanding in the past few months and is getting better and better day by day. Continuing the article series about the batting record, in this particular article we will know about the hundred scores by the New Zealand rising star Rachin Ravindra in all formats of international cricket.
Rachin Ravindra, a New Zealand left-handed batter, started his cricketing journey by becoming the youngest-ever New Zealand player to play for the New Zealand under-19 team. Rachin was just 16 when he joined the New Zealand U19 team. Rachin represented New Zealand in the 2016 and 2018 Under-19 World Cups. Rachin’s international debut happened on September 1, 2021, at Mirpur in the T20I series against Bangladesh.
Test debut of Rachin Ravindra against India at Kanpur on November 25, 2021. The one-day international debut of the handy allrounder happened against Sri Lanka in Auckland on March 25, 2023. Let’s see, till now from his debut in international cricket, Rachin Ravindra has registered how many hundreds in all formats of the game.
On the test debut against India at Kanpur in the second inning, Rachin Ravindra played a crucial inning of unbeaten 18 runs from 91 balls and saved the test match for New Zealand. On February 4, playing against South Africa at Mount Maunganui in the first inning, Rachin scored his maiden century in the toughest format of the game. Rachin was not satisfied with the hundred, and he continued to bat with focus and temperament and registered a double hundred in that inning. Rachin scored 240 runs, faced 366 balls, and batted for 546 minutes in that inning. In that magnificent knock, Rachin scored 26 boundaries and three sixes. Rachin also has two fifty-plus scores against Australia in this year’s March and April series.
List of Rachin Ravindra Centuries in All Formats
Rachin Ravindra IPL Centuries
Rachin Ravindra has not scored any centuries in the IPL. Despite impressing everyone with his performance at the 2023 World Cup, where he scored three centuries, he is yet to achieve a century in the IPL.
His current IPL statistics show that he has played 2 matches, scoring 83 runs with a highest score of 46.
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Rachin Ravindra Test Hundreds/Centuries
No. | Runs | Balls | Against | Year |
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1 | 240 | 366 | South Africa | 2024 |
The World Cup 2023 started at the world’s biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad on October 5, 2023, and Rachin Ravindra made his One Day World Cup debut in that game. While chasing 282 runs, target New Zealand lost their first wicket in the second over, and then came young left-handed batter Rachin Ravindra. With Devon Coway, Rachin made an unforgettable partnership and registered his first ever One Day International and first hundred in the ODI World Cup. Rachin scored unbeaten 123 runs from just 96 balls with 11 fours and 5 maximus. In the remarkable innings, Rachin Ravindra played some outstanding shots that would be life-long memories for the Ahmedabad crowd. In that match, Rachin also took one wicket, and for his all-rounder performance, he got the first player of the match award for the World Cup 2023.
The second one-day international hundred of Rachin Ravindra came against Australia at Dharamshala on October 28, 2023. Rachin scored a high-class knock of 116 runs from 89 balls and almost chased down a huge target of 388 runs. Ravindra smashed nine fours and five maximums in that inning with a strike rate of 130.33. Unfortunately, New Zealand lost that match by just 5 runs.
The dream run of Rachin Ravindra continued in the ODI World Cup and scored his 3rd century in wc and first against Pakistan on November 4, 2023, at Bangaluru. Ravindra played 108 runs knocking from 94 balls with 15 fours and 1 six. Ravindra played with a strike rate of 114.89 in that inning. New Zealand put up a huge total of 400 runs, but Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman played a destructive innings of unbeaten 126 runs from 81 balls with 8 fours and 11 big sixes. Pakistan won that match by the DL method.
Rachin Ravindra ODI Hundreds/ Centuries
No. | Runs | Balls | Against | Year |
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1 | 123* | 96 | England | 2023 |
2 | 116 | 89 | Australia | 2023 |
3 | 108 | 94 | Pakistan | 2023 |
Tiil now Rachin Ravindra has played seven Test matches, scored 518 runs with an average of 39.92, and registered one double century and two fifty-plus scores. In One Day International, Ravindra played 25 matches for New Zealand and made 829 runs with an average of 41.00 and a strike rate of 108.00. Ravindra has three hundred and three half-centuries in ODI cricket. In T20I, Rachin scored 214 runs with a strike rate of 133.35 and an average of 16.46. Notably, Ravindra has not scored a hundred in T20I but has scored one half century, and his best score in T20I is 68, which came against Australia on February 21, 2024.
Chennai Super Kings gets Rachin Ravindra in the IPL auction for INR 1.8 crore, and he will play a crucial role for CSK in the ongoing Indian Premier League season.