Rachin Ravindra breaks record for most runs in debut World Cup,
BENGALURU –New Zealand eased past Sri Lanka in a five-wicket win in the 41st match of the ongoing World Cup 2023 on Thursday, also pushing Pakistan to the brink of elimination from the mega event.
The Kiwis hammered the Islanders, chasing down the 172-run target in just 23.2 overs at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India and have one step in the event’s semi-final.
Trent Boult and the rest of the Black Caps’ bowlers bundled out Sri Lanka for 171 in the 41st match of the World Cup at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Thursday.
After being put into bat, the Sri Lankan batters were not looking resilient at all. Kusal Perera was the only batter who showed some resistance, notching up a scintillating 28-ball 51, studded with nine fours and two sixes.
It was Maheesh Theekshana’s unbeaten and circumspect innings that took Sri Lanka to 171. Theekshana consumed 91 deliveries to hit 39, amassing three boundaries.
For Sri Lanka, Nissanka (2), Kusal Mendis (6), Sadeera Samarawickrama (1), Charith Asalanka (8), Angelo Mathews (16), Dhananjaya de Silva (19), Chamika Karunaratne (6) and Dushmantha Chameera (1) and Dilshan Madushanka (19) were failed to show any significant resistance with the bat.
Trent Boult (3-37) had utilised experience, spearheading his side by bagging three
New Zealand’s young gun Rachin Ravindra on Thursday smashed a world record for most runs in an ODI World Cup debut.
Ravindra achieved the milestone while playing against Sri Lanka in Bengaluru in a match of the ongoing tournament.
He has surpassed the record of England’s Jonny Bairstow, who had amassed 532 runs in 11 innings during his maiden World Cup edition in 2019.
The New Zealand batsman broke the record in his ninth innings of the World Cup 2023.
Before Sri Lanka match, he had scored 523 runs in his eight innings at an average of 74.71. Ravindra struck three hundreds and two fifties in these innings.
He has also become the leading run-getter of this World Cup with 565 runs, surpassing Quinton de Kock (550) and Virat Kohli (543).
