2023-10-06 05:27:45
# T.J. Sreejith 06 October 2023, 10:57 AM IST Photo: AFP
I have heard a lot of names that combine the initials of the father and mother. But there is no telling what the names of the little ones will be if the father and mother are cricketers. One such name is ‘Rachin Ravindra’. Indian cricketer of New Zealand. In the opening match of the World Cup, Ravindra took the cricketing world by storm by scoring a century in the third wicket against England. Ravindra’s innings was excellent as New Zealand defeated the defending champions England by nine wickets. The player scored 123 runs off 96 balls in the match. The star’s century came from 82 balls. With this, Ravindra also holds the record of fastest century by a New Zealander in the ODI Cricket World Cup. He also became the second youngest player to score a century on his debut in the Cricket World Cup.
Earlier, Ravindra, who was the opener in the World Cup warm-up match against Pakistan in Hyderabad, had scored 97 runs from 72 balls.
Rach’s father Ravi Krishnamurthy and mother Deepa migrated from Bengaluru to Wellington, New Zealand in the 90s. Both were avid cricket fans. When the son was born, that worship became a name. They took Indian cricket legends Rahul Dravid’s ‘Ra’ and Sachin Tendulkar’s ‘Chin’. When it was put together it became ‘Rachin’.
Although the parents did not intend, the name ‘Ravindra’ is also associated with the Indian cricket team through ‘Ravindra Jadeja’. A picture of Ravindra Jadeja and Rachin Ravindra posing with the name on the back of the jersey when the New Zealand team visited India in 2021 was uploaded by the BCCI. was released. ‘Ravindra’ in one jersey and ‘Jadeja’ in the other.
Ravi Krishnamurthy, a software system architect, wanted to bring his daughter into cricket. But the son was the meeting. Former Indian pacer Javagal Srinath was a close friend of Ravi who used to play club cricket in Bengaluru. Srinath, whom Rachin calls ‘Sri Uncle’, used to be a guest at his house in New Zealand. When coming to India, Ravi and his family will also visit Srinath’s house. Even when he had to hand over cricket tips to Srinath Rachin, the match referee.
Rachin’s childhood cricket coach was a Sri Lankan from New Zealand named Evan Thisera, a friend of his father Krishnamurthy. Rachin also trained with Amelia Kher, who played for New Zealand in the Women’s World Cup. Rachin gradually joined the New Zealand national team and played the Under-19 World Cup for New Zealand in 2016 and 2018. Now the ODI World Cup.
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