If you want to see how the gears suddenly change while playing very slowly, then you can see Rachin Ravindra’s innings in the first T20I match played between New Zealand and Australia.
Rachin Ravindra, who played about 16 balls to score the first 15 runs, scored 53 runs in the last 19 balls, which included 6 sixes and 2 fours. Overall, Rachin Ravindra played an explosive innings of 68 runs off 35 balls, while Devon Conway played a slow innings of 62 runs off 46 balls with the help of 5 fours and 2 sixes.
New Zealand scored 215 runs, losing 3 wickets in 20 overs, thanks to Finn Allen’s 32 runs, Conway’s 62 runs, Rachin Ravindra’s 68 runs, Glenn Phillips’ 19 runs, and Chapman’s 18 runs in the last. This is the fourth consecutive T20I match in which Australian bowlers have plundered more than 200 runs in 20 overs. Earlier, in three consecutive T20I matches against the West Indies, more than 200 runs were plundered by Australian bowlers.
Mitchell Marsh’s Captaincy Brilliance Steal the Show in NZ vs AUS T20
Australia achieved the target of 216 runs by losing 4 wickets. Australia’s highest run was scored by captain Mitchell Marsh, who scored 72 runs in just 44 balls, which included 2 fours and 7 sixes. Apart from Marsh, Tim David scored 31 runs off just 10 balls, hitting 2 fours and 3 sixes. During this period, David’s strike rate was 310. Australia needed 4 runs on the last ball, and David gave the Australian team a thrilling win by hitting a four-off Southee.
Australia scored 35 runs off the last 12 balls.Just before the T20I World Cup, the Australian team is in tremendous form, and seeing the path of the T20 World Cup is not easy for any team. While Australia’s Maxwell and David are in form, the West Indies’ Andre Russell is also in tremendous form. The form of New Zealand’s Rachin Ravindra and Conway is also very important for New Zealand. With today’s victory, Australia has taken a 1-0 lead in this series.
