Ravindra stars as NZ thump Bangladesh to reach Champions Trophy semis
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New Zealand's Rachin Ravindra celebrates reaching his century. — Reuters
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In the sixth group match of the tournament played at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Monday, Black Caps have won their second consecutive victory in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, and have taken them to the semi -finals of the tournament.
Chasing the target of 237 runs, the Black Caps scored the winning runs for a fourth wicket partnership between Sanchurin Ravindra and Tom Latham in his form, five wickets and 23 balls.
However, New Zealand started contradicting it as they lost only 15 runs on the board within four overs and veteran Ken Williamson (five).
After the initial stumbling, Ravindra’s return joined the Mid -e -Way and began recovering.
They both shared an important partnership of 57 runs for the third wicket until Mustafajor Rehman attacked the opening batsman in the 16th over, who scored 45 to 30 runs, targeting six fours.
After that, Ravindra joined the forces with Latham and kept New Zealand in a commanding position with a 129 -run partnership.
He eventually fell victim to Rishad Hussein in the 39th over after top scoring for New Zealand, with 112 off 105 delivery, 12 fours and a six.
On the other hand, Latham returned to the 42nd after contributing to 55 out of 76 delivery, with three fours.
After that, Glenn Philips and Michael Breswell made sure that there was no more hiccup in the minor run and brought New Zealand to a beneficial victory.
Philips was unbeaten with 28 ball 21, while Bresville made 13 to 11 delivery.
For Bangladesh, Taskin Ahmed, Nahid Rana, Rehman and Hussain took one wicket.
New Zealand captain Mitchell Sentner’s bowling’s all -round efforts made the first paid profit decision provided them with a small amount of money to chase them.
Bangladesh left for a relatively decent start in their innings when openers Najmal Hussain Shanto and Tanzad Hassan laid a solid foundation with a 45 -run stand, ending with the latter in the ninth over.
After that, Bangladesh started losing wickets at regular intervals and finally, Shanto is still hanging in 26.1 overs.
Finally, the captain received a lot of support from the other end in the form of middle -order batsman Jacker Ali, who scored a brave century at the opener of the Bangladesh election campaign against India in Dubai.
They both added a significant 45 for the sixth wicket, even in the 38th over, Shanto fell to Wilbk.
Bangladesh was the top scorer for his team with 77 77 delivery of 110 delivery, with nine fours.
Jacker overseed Bangladesh’s batting campaign until he was deployed. He returned after scoring 45 off 55 balls with three fours and a six.
He was also involved in an easy partnership of 33 runs with Rishad Hussain, which made 25 balls.
Bangladesh’s newcomer Ahmed added more valuable runs with Kemo, scoring 10 runs in the backnd, which provided 20.
Bresville was a standout bowler for New Zealand, taking four wickets for only 26 runs in his 10 overs, followed by O’Rek with two, while Matt Henry and Kyle Jameson made a skull of a skull.
Is playing XI
New Zealand: Devon Connee, Will Ying, Ken Williamson, Rechen Ravindra, Tom Latham (WK), Glenn Philips, Michael Breswell, Mitchell Santer (C), Matt Henry, Kyle Jameson, Will O Arc.
Bangladesh: Najmal Hassan Shanto (C), Tanzad Hassan, Taohad Hardai, Mashfiq Rahim, Mahi Muraz, Mahmoodullah, Jacker Ali, Rashad Hussain, Mustafozor Rehman, Naheed Rana, Taskin Ahmed.
