Rachin Ravindra Scores His Maiden Double Century in 1st Take a look at vs SA

New Zealand’s rising celebrity Rachin Ravindra grabs the eye of the worldwide cricket group proper after his spectacular knock within the 1st Take a look at vs South Africa in Bay Oval.

Rachin Ravindra Scores His Maiden Double Century

Rachin Ravindra was named within the New Zealand Take a look at squad for the South Africa tour of New Zealand 2024 the place a few Take a look at sequence are scheduled to play between February 4 to February 17.

The primary Take a look at of the tour kick-started on February 4 in Bay Oval the place South Africa received the toss and elected to bowl first. Tom Latham and Devon Conway opened the inning for the host and failed to put a robust basis for the staff.

South African bowlers made fast wickets by dismissing Conway for 1 and Latham for 20 runs. Following the dismissals, Rachin Ravindra and Kane Williamson made a 232-run partnership for the third wicket.

Ruan de Swardt broke the partnership by dismissing Kane Williamson for 118 runs. Following his dismissal, the hosts misplaced a few wickets within the type of Daryl Mitchell(34) and Tom Blundell(11).

Though New Zealand loses wickets at one finish, Rachin Ravindra poses an amazing menace to the opponent by changing his maiden Take a look at century right into a double century.

What an unbelievable second! After over 8 hours on the wicket, Rachin Ravindra has handed 200 runs – a historic double hundred 🔥👏@BLACKCAPS v South Africa: 1st Take a look at | LIVE on DUKE and TVNZ+ pic.twitter.com/00Xlbjoirl

— TVNZ+ (@TVNZ) February 5, 2024

Rachin Ravindra made his Take a look at debut in 2021 and performed 4 Take a look at video games thus far and scored simply 310 runs which features a century and a double century. Rachin turns into a sensation following his excellent efficiency within the just lately concluded ICC Males’s ODI World Cup 2023 in India.

Rachin Ravindra scored a complete of 578 runs within the 10 matches he performed. His knock contains 3 centuries and a pair of half-centuries at a mean of 64.22.

Talking on the NZ vs SA 1st Take a look at, the hosts scored 473 runs for a 6-wicket loss the place Rachin Ravindra and Mitchell Santner stand within the crease with 239 and 0 runs respectively.

On behalf of South Africa, Ruan de Swardt and Neil Model every bagged 2 wickets whereas Tshepo Moreki and Dane Paterson bagged a wicket every. Notably, Duanne Olivier stays wicketless after bowling 30 overs within the 1st inning of the first Take a look at.