- Rachin Ravindra, who plays for MS Dhoni’s team CSK, scored a century in the first innings of the Bengaluru Test. Before him, Devon Conway played an innings of 91 runs.
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New Zealand has strengthened its hold in the first Test match being played in Bengaluru against Team India. After bundling out India for 46 runs in the first innings, the visiting team has gained a lead of close to 300 runs on the third day of this match. Rachin Ravindra played a century innings for the Kiwi team .
Before him, Devon Conway also adopted an aggressive style and scored 91 runs. It was because of these two batsmen that the Kiwi team was able to tighten its grip in this match. Earlier, Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway have made a big bang while playing for Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway shine in Bengaluru Test
Opening the innings for New Zealand in the Bengaluru Test, Devon Conway scored 91 runs in 105 balls. During this, 11 fours and 3 sixes came off his bat. Conway made the job of the upcoming batsmen easy with this innings. After which Rachin Ravindra came at number four and scored the second century of his Test career. He scored this century at a strike rate of around 83. Due to the excellent performance of these two batsmen, New Zealand was able to gain a lead of around 300 against India.
Both the batsmen are considered close to MS Dhoni
Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway play for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL. Conway has played under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni for 2 years, while Rachin Ravindra got the opportunity to play for CSK for the first time last year under the captaincy of Ruturaj Gaikwad . However, both these players are Dhoni’s disciples. Conway has scored 924 runs in 23 matches for CSK so far at an average of 141.28, while Rachin Ravindra scored 222 runs in 10 matches for CSK last season at a strike rate of 160.86.
A shameful record was registered in the name of Team India
On one hand, while the Kiwi batsmen were seen batting in a dashing manner on the Bengaluru pitch, the Indian batsmen proved to be a complete flop on the same pitch. Five batsmen of the team could not even open their account in the first innings. Due to which India could score only 46 runs in the first innings. With this, this was the lowest score of Team India while playing at home in the history of Test cricket.