Rachin Ravindra Biography: Age, Stats, Parents, Origin, Nationality, Mother Tongue, Girlfriend, and More

Rachin Ravindra is a prominent international cricketer who plays for New Zealand. He made his debut for his country in September 2021. His parents moved to Wellington from Bengaluru in the 1990s. Ravindra’s father was a former club player and cricket enthusiast. He named his son, born on 18 November 1999 in Wellington, after two legendary Indian cricketers.

Rachin Ravindra Origin Country

Rachin Ravindra is Indian and his parents were originally from Bangalore India. However, by virtue of his birth, he is a naturalized New Zealand citizen.

Rachin Ravindra Girlfriend

Rachin Ravindra  is reportedly going steady with his Girlfriend and her name is Premila Morar

Rachin Ravindra Age

Rachin Ravindra was born on 18 November 1999 to Indian parents in Wellington, New Zealand. Cricket was in his family and his father Ravi Krishnamurthy, a software architect, played club-level cricket in his hometown Bangalore, before settling in New Zealand. He is also known as PORTMANTEAU which is taken from the first names of his ideals, Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar.

Rachin Ravindra Parents

Ravindra’s Indian parents are named, father Ravi Krishnamurthy and mother Deepa Krishnamurthy. Ravindra’s father was a former club player in Bangalore before the family moved to Wellington. His father is also a software expert.

Rachin Ravindra Birth Place

Rachin Ravindra was born on 18 November 1999 to Indian parents in Wellington, New Zealand.

Rachin Ravindra Nationality

By birth, Rachin Ravindra’s Nationality is New Zealand

Rachin Ravindra Stat: Career so far

Rachin Ravindra started his career when he was included in New Zealand’s squads for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He had an exceptional stint in the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and was named as the rising star of the squad by the International Cricket Council (ICC). He also became a part of the Wellington team for the 2018-2019 seasons.

Rachin Ravindra made his first-class debut when he was included in the New Zealand A against Pakistan A on 21 October 2018. He was again included in the New Zealand A team against Pakistan A, on 30 October 2018. He hit his first ton against Auckland in the 2019–20 Ford Trophy while representing Wellington.

His first First class ton came when he was playing in round six of the 2019–20 Plunket Shield season. Seeing his excellent form his contract with Wellington was renewed in 2020 ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season. He was also included in the New Zealand A team for practice matches against the touring West Indies team and in the first match itself he hit a scintillating knock of 112 runs.

He made his international Test debut when he was included in the Kiwi test squad for their series against England and for the final of the 2019–21 ICC World Test Championship.  He made his T20 debut when he was also included in New Zealand’s Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their tour of Bangladesh on 1 September 2021 and New Zealand’s One Day International (ODI) squad for their tour of Pakistan.

He was also included in New Zealand’s Test squad for their series against India in November 2022. He made his test debut on 25 November 2021 in a match against India. He commenced his tryst with the County Championship in England in June 2022 when he was contracted by Durham County Cricket Club.

On debut for Durham, he hit a brilliant century against Worcestershire. He later converted his century into a double ton and scored 217 runs. He made his ODI debut for New Zealand against Sri Lanka, on 25 March 2023.

Rachin Ravindra has been included in New Zealand’s squad for the 2023 Cricket World Cup. The faith that the Kiwi management had placed in him was not misplaced and he scored a century in the opening match which was held at the Narendra Modi Stadium against England and thus became the fourth Kiwi player to achieve this landmark. The century was completed in only 82 deliveries and it also went into the record books as the fastest century by any New Zealand player in a World Cup. His partnership with Devon Conway also went down in history as the fourth-highest partnership in World Cup history.

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Wiki Biodata                                                       

Full name	Rachin Ravindra
Born	18 November 1999 (age 23)
Place Of Birth	Wellington, New Zealand
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	All-rounder

Full name	Rachin Ravindra
Born	18 November 1999 (age 23)
Place Of Birth	Wellington, New Zealand
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	All-rounder

National side	New Zealand (2021–present)
Test debut (cap 282)	25 November 2021 v India
Last Test	1 January 2022 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 209)	25 March 2023 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	05 October 2023 v England
ODI shirt no.	8
T20I debut (cap 90)	1 September 2021 v Bangladesh
Last T20I	5 September 2023 v England
T20I shirt no.	8

Years	Team
2018/19–present	Wellington
2022	Durham (squad no. 9)