Rachin Ravindra made his ODI Cricket World Cup debut memorable by hitting a match-winning century in New Zealand's nine-wicket victory over England on October 5, 2023. An elated Ravindra, in the post-match interview, said that "it's pretty cool" to come to the country of his roots and perform well. The 23-year-old all-rounder was born to Indian parents in Wellington, New Zealand. (Video: ICC)
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00:02 - Yeah, I think 100 is always special,
00:05 but I guess in terms of being able to perform in India,
00:09 it's pretty cool.
00:09 I think, like you said,
00:11 it's cool to have the sort of the Indian roots
00:13 and it was nice to have my parents there watching
00:16 and they sort of flown over,
00:18 flown over, ah, flew over, sorry, from New Zealand.
00:20 So it was cool to have that moment
00:23 and obviously it's always nice coming to India,
00:25 sort of a sense of sort of family connection
00:27 whenever I'm in Bangalore
00:28 and being able to see my grandparents and stuff.
00:30 So yeah, so it's pretty cool.
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