Rachin Ravindra: The Indian-origin prodigy picked by New Zealand for WTC closing

Ravindra Ravindra, 21, the one member of the 20-man New Zealand squad at present within the UK who has not performed any worldwide cricket but, has a robust Indian connection. Not solely was he born to Indian dad and mom in Wellington, he has been commonly enjoying in India for the previous few years on low season excursions.
Ravindra’s father Ravi Krishnamurthy, a software program system architect from Bengaluru who moved to New Zealand within the Nineties, is the founding father of the Hutt Hawks Club in New Zealand, which brings gamers over to India each summer time. Some worldwide Kiwi cricketers like James Neesham and Tom Blundell have additionally been a part of these excursions.
“I’ve trained, played at RDT (Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh) every year in the last four years during our winter,” Ravindra was quoted by Telengana Today.
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The report additionally quoted one of many coaches on the Andhra Pradesh cricket academy, Khatib Syed Shahabuddin: “He (Rachin Ravindra) was part of the Hutt Hawks contingent that used to train at the Rural Development Trust at Anantapur for the last four years. He is a promising cricketer. As a young cricketer, he showed a lot of promise and hunger to excel as a left-handed bat and left-arm spin.”

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Ravindra, whose first identify Rachin is impressed by the names of Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, had come to India together with the New Zealand staff for the 2016 U-19 World Cup. He had then brushed shoulders with the likes of Rishabh Pant and Washington Sundar. Five years later, he’ll get his first probability to shine on the final word stage towards the senior Indian staff.