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New Zealand (240/5) defeat Bangladesh (236/9) by 5 wickets to advance to semi-finals of ICC Champions Trophy 2025
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Rachin Ravindra- New Zealand post-match press conference, 24 Feb '25
[Reporter:]
So, New Zealand have come to Pakistan and have obliterated all hopes. So, you won both matches in the Tri Series, then the Champions Trophy opener. You're getting a party popper's tag. And today, of course, the support was for Bangladesh, mostly because, of course, for obvious reasons. Do you think now that you're through you'll get the support from the crowd going ahead into the tournament
[Rachin Ravindra:]
Yeah, I'm not sure. Obviously, we've been lucky enough to play some good cricket and playing the way we like to play and got ourselves in winning positions. Yeah, I mean, I think the crowd's pretty good to us. I think wherever we go, we have some great support. And we're very grateful, even the fans back home. It's always nice to get their voice and support. But I don't know. I think it's just great to have a good crowd and every time we play cricket and definitely elevates the atmosphere of each game.
[Reporter:]
First of all, congratulations on a match winning century and qualifying for the semifinal.
At one time, there were three down and you handled the innings, what was in mind?
[Rachin Ravindra:]
Yeah I guess for us it was a little bit of a tricky wicket at times, sort of held a little bit in there, Bangladesh - credit to their bowlers they bowled some good stuff at times and kept us sort of dotted up. But Tommy's a great man to bat with, he's got so much experience, obviously captained the team before and he's played so much cricket and get along with him really well. So, for us it was just about building our partnership and trying to take it deep. I guess the beauty of chasing 240 is you don't really need to push the accelerator too much on good wickets and fast outfields. So, for us, we're just playing good cricket shots and trying to work together in little five-run blocks.
[Reporter:]
How do you see Bracewell bowling today? He really struck the Bangladesh batters and the next match is yours against India. So how do you rate this? It will be a very close competition.
[Rachin Ravindra:]
Yeah, Beasty bowled out of his skin I think. The development of him as a cricketer over the last few years has been amazing to watch. Being able to play with him way back in the day in Wellington sort of five, six years ago and seeing him develop is amazing and he's learning his craft so well and seeing him be so consistent as he is recently is amazing and give so much depth to our spinner tech. Obviously, led by Sat, who's a world-class bowler, one of the best in the world. And having someone like Mike to supplement him in that is great. And yeah, looking ahead to the India challenge, it's always going to be difficult playing in there. But we see it's a bit of a slow wicket and our spinners have been bowling really well so hopefully we can execute that.
[Reporter:]
Unfortunately, as I'm from Bangladesh, unfortunately Bangladesh lost the match. My question is, Bangladeshi pace are improving a lot in recent times. So, you played Nahid Rana today. How good he is?
[Rachin Ravindra:]
Yeah, for sure. I mean, seeing Bangladesh bowling stocks is cool. And seeing that you see The Fiz and Taskin who played a lot of cricket and now Rana coming in. I think he's a very good talent, very good bowler. It's my first time playing him today. He's very young too and he's definitely got a bit of bout and bowls quite quickly so I'm excited to see him develop and hopefully we get to play against him in the future quite a bit.
[Reporter:]
If you could just take us through the last couple of weeks, been quite a stressful time for you, and how was the whole recovery period and how did you keep yourself motivated?
[Rachin Ravindra:]
Yeah, definitely freak accident. I think things like that don't really happen too often. I'm very grateful to have a great support crew around me in terms of Black Caps set up, coaches and doc and physio that have been able to come out of it reasonably well and I'm extremely grateful for the love and support of everyone. I've been showered with so much care and love and really it does make me seriously happy knowing how many people care about me and I'm very grateful to everyone who's reached out and given their support so thank you for that. Yeah it's obviously been interesting dealing with the return to play protocols and stuff but like I said having the support around me has been great and being able to come here and contribute to a win for the Black Caps - environment that I hold dearly and I enjoy so much playing for and it was cool to come back and really enjoy my cricket again after that weird moment.
[Reporter:]
On Bracewell’s bowling, do you think his middle order bowling when he put three right hand batsmen, Hridoy and Mahmudullah, especially, were too expensive? That was the turning point of the match?
[Rachin Ravindra:]
Oh 100%. I mean Bangladesh started really well in the power play. I think the way those two openers batted, sort of keeping the tempo going, we were put under the pump a wee bit on a good wicket and the way Beastie came on and put the choke hold on and bowled good balls and consistently put the ball in areas was amazing. Like I said before he's developed his bowling so much and to see his consistency come through is great and even bowling to his right handers we know how difficult it is in today's game to bowl, you know that's not necessarily a match up right. But the way he bowled his consistency, his ability to change the pace on a pretty good wicket, especially in the day time was special and hopefully he can keep doing his thing.
[Reporter:]
You made the batting look so so simple, was it that easy in the middle?
[Rachin Ravindra:]
I don't know if I made it look simple, I think there are definitely times where I struggled for timing, they strung dot balls, they bowled really well, didn't give any width and balls to score off, but I think it's the beauty of batting and one day cricket especially you go through ebbs and flows over a long period of time I mean with T20 you sort of go and have a bash and if it works out great for dozen, It's all good but in the longer formats it goes sort of like this and your periods of being able to score freely, you have periods where you don't, and I was able to lean on Tommy a lot through those periods, and we kept each other accountable and knowing what our options are. But I guess the beauty of the way I try to bat is just hit good cricket shots, get into good positions, and then hopefully they miss a wee bit and I'll be able to hit my gaps. So just trying not to force the ball, maybe that's why it looked a bit simple, but it definitely is not simple when you're out there
[Reporter:]
So, New Zealand have come to Pakistan and have obliterated all hopes. So, you won both matches in the Tri Series, then the Champions Trophy opener. You're getting a party popper's tag. And today, of course, the support was for Bangladesh, mostly because, of course, for obvious reasons. Do you think now that you're through you'll get the support from the crowd going ahead into the tournament
[Rachin Ravindra:]
Yeah, I'm not sure. Obviously, we've been lucky enough to play some good cricket and playing the way we like to play and got ourselves in winning positions. Yeah, I mean, I think the crowd's pretty good to us. I think wherever we go, we have some great support. And we're very grateful, even the fans back home. It's always nice to get their voice and support. But I don't know. I think it's just great to have a good crowd and every time we play cricket and definitely elevates the atmosphere of each game.
[Reporter:]
First of all, congratulations on a match winning century and qualifying for the semifinal.
At one time, there were three down and you handled the innings, what was in mind?
[Rachin Ravindra:]
Yeah I guess for us it was a little bit of a tricky wicket at times, sort of held a little bit in there, Bangladesh - credit to their bowlers they bowled some good stuff at times and kept us sort of dotted up. But Tommy's a great man to bat with, he's got so much experience, obviously captained the team before and he's played so much cricket and get along with him really well. So, for us it was just about building our partnership and trying to take it deep. I guess the beauty of chasing 240 is you don't really need to push the accelerator too much on good wickets and fast outfields. So, for us, we're just playing good cricket shots and trying to work together in little five-run blocks.
[Reporter:]
How do you see Bracewell bowling today? He really struck the Bangladesh batters and the next match is yours against India. So how do you rate this? It will be a very close competition.
[Rachin Ravindra:]
Yeah, Beasty bowled out of his skin I think. The development of him as a cricketer over the last few years has been amazing to watch. Being able to play with him way back in the day in Wellington sort of five, six years ago and seeing him develop is amazing and he's learning his craft so well and seeing him be so consistent as he is recently is amazing and give so much depth to our spinner tech. Obviously, led by Sat, who's a world-class bowler, one of the best in the world. And having someone like Mike to supplement him in that is great. And yeah, looking ahead to the India challenge, it's always going to be difficult playing in there. But we see it's a bit of a slow wicket and our spinners have been bowling really well so hopefully we can execute that.
[Reporter:]
Unfortunately, as I'm from Bangladesh, unfortunately Bangladesh lost the match. My question is, Bangladeshi pace are improving a lot in recent times. So, you played Nahid Rana today. How good he is?
[Rachin Ravindra:]
Yeah, for sure. I mean, seeing Bangladesh bowling stocks is cool. And seeing that you see The Fiz and Taskin who played a lot of cricket and now Rana coming in. I think he's a very good talent, very good bowler. It's my first time playing him today. He's very young too and he's definitely got a bit of bout and bowls quite quickly so I'm excited to see him develop and hopefully we get to play against him in the future quite a bit.
[Reporter:]
If you could just take us through the last couple of weeks, been quite a stressful time for you, and how was the whole recovery period and how did you keep yourself motivated?
[Rachin Ravindra:]
Yeah, definitely freak accident. I think things like that don't really happen too often. I'm very grateful to have a great support crew around me in terms of Black Caps set up, coaches and doc and physio that have been able to come out of it reasonably well and I'm extremely grateful for the love and support of everyone. I've been showered with so much care and love and really it does make me seriously happy knowing how many people care about me and I'm very grateful to everyone who's reached out and given their support so thank you for that. Yeah it's obviously been interesting dealing with the return to play protocols and stuff but like I said having the support around me has been great and being able to come here and contribute to a win for the Black Caps - environment that I hold dearly and I enjoy so much playing for and it was cool to come back and really enjoy my cricket again after that weird moment.
[Reporter:]
On Bracewell’s bowling, do you think his middle order bowling when he put three right hand batsmen, Hridoy and Mahmudullah, especially, were too expensive? That was the turning point of the match?
[Rachin Ravindra:]
Oh 100%. I mean Bangladesh started really well in the power play. I think the way those two openers batted, sort of keeping the tempo going, we were put under the pump a wee bit on a good wicket and the way Beastie came on and put the choke hold on and bowled good balls and consistently put the ball in areas was amazing. Like I said before he's developed his bowling so much and to see his consistency come through is great and even bowling to his right handers we know how difficult it is in today's game to bowl, you know that's not necessarily a match up right. But the way he bowled his consistency, his ability to change the pace on a pretty good wicket, especially in the day time was special and hopefully he can keep doing his thing.
[Reporter:]
You made the batting look so so simple, was it that easy in the middle?
[Rachin Ravindra:]
I don't know if I made it look simple, I think there are definitely times where I struggled for timing, they strung dot balls, they bowled really well, didn't give any width and balls to score off, but I think it's the beauty of batting and one day cricket especially you go through ebbs and flows over a long period of time I mean with T20 you sort of go and have a bash and if it works out great for dozen, It's all good but in the longer formats it goes sort of like this and your periods of being able to score freely, you have periods where you don't, and I was able to lean on Tommy a lot through those periods, and we kept each other accountable and knowing what our options are. But I guess the beauty of the way I try to bat is just hit good cricket shots, get into good positions, and then hopefully they miss a wee bit and I'll be able to hit my gaps. So just trying not to force the ball, maybe that's why it looked a bit simple, but it definitely is not simple when you're out there
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summed up typical sweeper garu's day/week/month. He has absolutely nothing to be proud of his own team's achievements. So spends time degrading others and worshipping goras.Awful tournament for brother @sweep_shot so far.
1. India got their way in and dragged Pak & BD to Dubai to play in hybrid format
2. Humiliated both BD & Pak in back to back matches.
3. Ensured the home team gets eliminated in 1st 4 days of the tournament itself.
4. Now an Indian Rachin Ravindra beating and eliminating Bangladesh in Rawalpindi
But its okay, time has come to start worshipping the rear side of white Australian masters.
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they have passion, they don't have ability and skills. Passion without skill is basically fake aggression and overly visibly pride, which is what BD brothers are known for
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New Zealand Secure Semi-Final Spot in Champions Trophy 2025 with Comfortable Win Over Bangladesh
New Zealand secured a comfortable 5-wicket victory against Bangladesh, with Mitchell Santner's team and India qualifying for the Champions Trophy 2025 semi-finals from Group A. Rachin Ravindra's stellar century on his Champions Trophy debut led New Zealand to their semi-final spot in the ICC event.
Chasing a target of 237, Ravindra dominated the chase, scoring his fourth ODI century. He formed a 129-run fourth wicket partnership with Tom Latham after taking over at 72/3.
New Zealand's victory resulted in the elimination of hosts Pakistan and Bangladesh from the tournament, as India joined the Black Caps in the final four. Both teams have two wins from two games.
After early setbacks, Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra stabilized the innings, counter-attacking the Bangladesh bowlers and building a fifty-run partnership. Conway's 30-run knock ended with an inside edge onto the stumps off Mustafizur Rahman.
Ravindra continued his strong performance, reaching his fifth ODI half-century off 50 balls. Tom Latham also contributed with a crucial innings, forging a partnership for the fourth wicket as New Zealand recovered from their initial difficulties.
Earlier, Taskin Ahmed gave Bangladesh a perfect start by dismissing Will Young for a duck in the first over. Kane Williamson followed, nicking one from Nahid Rana to Mushfiqur Rahim.
Ravindra reached 1000 ODI runs in his 26th innings, making him the fifth fastest to achieve this milestone for New Zealand.
Tanzid Hasan and Najmul Shanto provided a strong start for Bangladesh, rotating the strike and finding boundaries. Michel Bracewell took his second ball to dismiss Tanzid Hasan (24), caught by Kane Williamson in the ninth over.
Will O'Rourke secured New Zealand's second breakthrough, dismissing Mehidy Hasan, who had scored two boundaries, with Mitchell Santner catching at mid-on. New Zealand's catching was exceptional, with Williamson taking another superb catch to dismiss Tawhid Hridoy and giving Bracewell his second wicket.
Rachin Ravindra then caught Mushfiqur Rahim, and Mahmud Ullah fell prey to New Zealand's fielding brilliance, with O'Rourke catching and giving Bracewell his fourth wicket.
Najmul Hossain Shanto continued, reaching his 10th ODI half-century to keep Bangladesh's score ticking. Jaker Ali contributed with a crucial 45 off 55 towards the end, pushing Bangladesh past the 200-run mark before being run out in the penultimate over.
Bangladesh posted a total of 236/9 in 50 overs, setting New Zealand a target of 237 to secure their semi-final spot alongside India.
New Zealand secured a comfortable 5-wicket victory against Bangladesh, with Mitchell Santner's team and India qualifying for the Champions Trophy 2025 semi-finals from Group A. Rachin Ravindra's stellar century on his Champions Trophy debut led New Zealand to their semi-final spot in the ICC event.
Chasing a target of 237, Ravindra dominated the chase, scoring his fourth ODI century. He formed a 129-run fourth wicket partnership with Tom Latham after taking over at 72/3.
New Zealand's victory resulted in the elimination of hosts Pakistan and Bangladesh from the tournament, as India joined the Black Caps in the final four. Both teams have two wins from two games.
After early setbacks, Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra stabilized the innings, counter-attacking the Bangladesh bowlers and building a fifty-run partnership. Conway's 30-run knock ended with an inside edge onto the stumps off Mustafizur Rahman.
Ravindra continued his strong performance, reaching his fifth ODI half-century off 50 balls. Tom Latham also contributed with a crucial innings, forging a partnership for the fourth wicket as New Zealand recovered from their initial difficulties.
Earlier, Taskin Ahmed gave Bangladesh a perfect start by dismissing Will Young for a duck in the first over. Kane Williamson followed, nicking one from Nahid Rana to Mushfiqur Rahim.
Ravindra reached 1000 ODI runs in his 26th innings, making him the fifth fastest to achieve this milestone for New Zealand.
Tanzid Hasan and Najmul Shanto provided a strong start for Bangladesh, rotating the strike and finding boundaries. Michel Bracewell took his second ball to dismiss Tanzid Hasan (24), caught by Kane Williamson in the ninth over.
Will O'Rourke secured New Zealand's second breakthrough, dismissing Mehidy Hasan, who had scored two boundaries, with Mitchell Santner catching at mid-on. New Zealand's catching was exceptional, with Williamson taking another superb catch to dismiss Tawhid Hridoy and giving Bracewell his second wicket.
Rachin Ravindra then caught Mushfiqur Rahim, and Mahmud Ullah fell prey to New Zealand's fielding brilliance, with O'Rourke catching and giving Bracewell his fourth wicket.
Najmul Hossain Shanto continued, reaching his 10th ODI half-century to keep Bangladesh's score ticking. Jaker Ali contributed with a crucial 45 off 55 towards the end, pushing Bangladesh past the 200-run mark before being run out in the penultimate over.
Bangladesh posted a total of 236/9 in 50 overs, setting New Zealand a target of 237 to secure their semi-final spot alongside India.
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I hope we get our one ICC loss to Kiwis in the next game and be done with it.
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Afghanistan hasn't won anything yet. Hasn't reached any final of any tournament. They have been largely overrated. Lets see what they does in this tournament
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They did good in 2023 WC. Beat Pakistan and SL. If I remember correctly, they finished at #5 or #6.
Anyway, Pakistani pitches don't suit Afghanistan. Pitches tend to be flat which neutralize their spinners. Afghanistan lost to BD in 2023 Asia Cup (game was in Lahore).
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Miraz has been rubbish with the ball for quiet some time now. If he continues to fail with the bat too, then should be droppedWhat do you want them to do? Be like the guy below?
Passion is there. It is a skills issue. Batting needs a serious revamp. Bowling is okay.
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I don't think players should be dropped too frequently. Miraz has had a lean patch but he is an important player. I expect him to bounce back.
From this team, I would only drop these guys --> Shanto, Mushfiqur, Mahmudullah, Tanzid, and Soumya.
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I repeat they didn't win any trophy yet,not even reached any final. So why this jumping for them?
If they cant win in Pakistan where they will? Pakistan is just like their own land.
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Afghanistan need turning pitches to do well. They generally do well in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, West Indies, and UAE (pitches in those places assist their spinners).
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Your logic says that Mahmudullah should be retained. He has been the best batter for us in last few matches
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So they are just a one dimensional team.
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Mahmudullah is close to 40. Miraz is very young.
You want to drop Miraz and replace him with who? There isn't anyone currently who can replace the role Miraz plays.
Miraz is playing the role of Shakib currently. He provides a good balance to the team. I wouldn't drop him yet.
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His bowling has seriously declined. He needs to improve his bowling to remain in the team. He has been taken in the tram as a main spinner,but he can't take any wicket in the middle overs. If he could take 1 or 2 wickets, we could have put India and NZ under serious pressure.
I would definitely take a specialist spinner who is in form in place of him
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Bangladesh was a massive let down today. Not happy with their performance
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Afg's 2023 WC campaign > any of BD's WC campaign
Afg'a 2024 T20 WC campaign > any of BD's WC campaign
They have already achieved more in World Cups than Bangladesh and have already developed a very strong sound bowling culture.
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Bangladesh's first goal should be winning Asia cup. A tournament where only 4 main teams played for the best part of its history.
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Hasn’t won ? Lol look at BD performance in CWC 23 and compare to afghans . Wt20 in semis . Bangladesh have never done that in history .
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Has they won any trophy of worth mentioning? Am i missing something? LOL If reaching semifinal label a team as very good then we reached semifinal of 2017 CT,played Asia cup final twice, ,Nidhas trophy final . You have forgotten that we also beat Afghanistan in 2023 CWC and 2019 CWC too.
Lets see if they can win CT 2025.
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LOL. Its like predetermined shot and getting out.
Has they won any trophy of worth mentioning? Am i missing something? LOL If reaching semifinal label a team as very good then we reached semifinal of 2017 CT,played Asia cup final twice, ,Nidhas trophy final . You have forgotten that we also beat Afghanistan in 2023 CWC and 2019 CWC too.
Lets see if they can win CT 2025.
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O bhai look when they started playing international cricket . And look at Bangladesh . Still you haven’t managed a semi final of any World Cup. You still play crap cricket
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It is futile to argue with someone with a predetermined wrong thoughts. I still stand by my words. Afghanistan hasn't done anything extraordinary to surpass us in ODIs. Until a team wins an icc trophy they aren't worthy of mentioning. Please come back when Afghanistan wins an ICC trophy. Good bye
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I can understand the trauma Bangladesh cricket has given you
In fact, the whole BAN team should have been dropped as they don't deserve place in top 8 teams to play in CT 2025. SL is the deserving country to play in their place. SL spinners are too good and they can upset any team. Playing them in UAE will be an uphill task and IND could have been challenged by SL in UAE.
It is very difficult to digest that BAN is preferred over SL in CT 2025 based on fake ranking system. Anyway, BAN was shown their place in this tournament and there were no Nagin dances and specially Mushfiqur shut his mouth and didn't show his attitude. Probably he realized his value.
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