ODI World Cup: Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra hearth dazzling tons as New Zealand stun defending champions England in opener – Instances of India

NEW DELHI: The left-handed pair of Devon Conway (152 not out) and Rachin Ravindra (123 not out) slammed phenomenal centuries as New Zealand hammered champions England by 9 wickets within the ODI World Cup opener in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
With the crushing win, the Kiwis extracted a candy revenge of their World Cup last heartbreak 4 years in the past as England’s title defence received off to an alarming begin.
The rematch of the extraordinary 2019 last received a really totally different end result because the Blacks Caps thrashed England in a very one-sided affair, driving on chic Conway and Ravindra tons.

Chasing 283 regarded like a cake stroll because the duo shared a jaw-dropping unbeaten 273-run stand off simply 211 balls to steer New Zealand residence with 82 balls to spare.
New Zealand, led by Tom Latham within the absence of normal skipper Kane Williamson, saved England right down to a below-par whole regardless of Joe Root’s 77.
As It Occurred
Ravindra and Conway made brief work of the goal as they smashed the opposition bowlers throughout the bottom after dropping Will Younger early to left-arm fast Sam Curran.
Conway hit the primary ton of the event off 83 balls studded with 13 fours and two sixes and shortly reached 1,000 runs in 23 ODI matches.

The 23-year-old Ravindra shortly adopted along with his maiden ODI century off 82 balls with 9 fours and 4 sixes, elevating his bat to acknowledge the smattering of followers contained in the 132,000-capacity enviornment.
Conway surpassed his earlier better of 138 as he and Ravindra pummelled the bowlers for an emphatic win which additionally offered an early increase to their web run-rate.
Earlier, quick bowler Matt Henry returned figures of 3-48 for the New Zealand whereas spinners Mitchell Santner and Glenn Phillips took two wickets every.
Dawid Malan and Jonny Bairstow gave England a brisk begin however Malan fell, caught behind off Henry and Bairstow’s knock was reduce brief by Santner, who received the batsman out for 33 off his left-arm spin.
Harry Brook took on Ravindra within the left-arm spinner’s first over to smash two fours and a six earlier than the bowler had his revenge on the ultimate supply.
Brook, coming into the beginning line-up for Stokes, tried one other large hit and was caught at deep mid-wicket.
Root reached his 37th ODI half-century off 57 balls, an innings laced with two fours and one six off a reverse scoop shot.
However he fell to Phillips’ off-spin whereas trying a reverse sweep and England slipped additional earlier than Adil Rashid (15) and Mark Wooden (13) ensured the workforce performed out their 50 overs with an unbeaten stand of 30.
(With inputs from AFP)



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