New Zealand opener Rachin Ravindra scored his second ton in this ICC Champions Trophy and his fifth ODI ton overall in the second semi-final against South Africa in Lahore on Wednesday.
His (108 off 101 balls) along with Kane Williamson's (102 off 94) balls powered the Kiwis to a mammoth first innings total of 362/5 in 50 overs. They added a stand of 164 runs for the second wicket and did not allow the Proteas bowlers to have any impact in the middle-overs. In the final overs Glenn Phillips and Michael Bracewell played their part in taking the team to a huge total.
Meanwhile, Ravindra who scored 108 in the semi-final has now scored his fifth ODI century all of which came in ICC events. The 25-year-old is only the fifth cricketer in the world after Pakistan’s Saeed Anwar, India’s Sourav Ganguly, Sri Lanka’s Upul Tharanga, and India’s Shikhar Dhawan to score multiple centuries in one edition of the ODI World Cup and Champions Trophy.
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Rachin Ravindra Achieves New High In ICC Champions Trophy 2025
Player | Team | ODI World Cup (Year) | Champions Trophy (Year) |
Saeed Anwar | Pakistan | 2 (1999) | 2 (2000) |
Sourav Ganguly | India | 3 (2003) | 2 (2000) |
Upul Tharanga | Sri Lanka | 2 (2011) | 2 (2006) |
Shikhar Dhawan | India | 2 (2015) | 2 (2013) |
Rachin Ravindra | New Zealand | 3 (2023) | 2 (2025) |
Ravindra scored three ODI centuries in the ODI World Cup 2023. He then scored his first century in this edition of the Champions Trophy against Bangladesh on February 24. His next came in the big semi-final against the Proteas in Lahore on Wednesday, March 5.
Former Pakistan batter Saeed Anwar scored two centuries in the 1999 ODI World Cup and two centuries in the 2000 Champions Trophy. Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly also scored two centuries in the ICC Champions Trophy in 2000. He followed it up with three centuries in the 2003 ODI World Cup. Shikhar Dhawan also scored two centuries each in the 2013 Champions Trophy and 2015 ODI World Cup.
Overall, eight batters in the world have scored multiple centuries in one edition of the Champions Trophy, and Rachin is the only one from New Zealand. The Kiwis will now face off against India in the ICC Champions Trophy final in Dubai on Sunday, March 9. Previously the two teams played in the league stage with India beating the Kiwis by 44 runs in Dubai on March 2.
The Kiwis have been India's nemesis in ICC events in India before the 2023 ODI World Cup. They beat India in the final of the Champions Trophy 2000 to lift the title. In the 2019 ODI World Cup, the Kiwis beat India to knock them out of the tournament.
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