Rachin Ravindra became New Zealand’s first player to score three hundred in the men’s ODI World Cup. New Zealand has six batsmen in double figures, including Kane Williamson, who fell five runs short of a third World Cup century.
This is New Zealand‘s second-highest total in men’s ODIs at Chinnaswamy Stadium, after their 402 for 2 against Ireland in 2006. At the men’s ODI World Cup, it surpasses their previous best of 393 for 6 against the West Indies in 2015. It is also their highest total.
Facts and figures
- Pakistan’s only men’s ODI loss was over 400 against England at Trent Bridge in 2016. New Zealand scored the most in the men’s ODI World Cup, 401 against Pakistan. This score easily beats Australia’s 367 for 9 from Bengaluru.
- 47 New Zealand’s four-ball attack against Pakistan in the men’s ODI World Cup broke South Africa’s 45 against Sri Lanka in Delhi. The 46 fours Pakistan conceded and New Zealand hit in an ODI men’s innings are records.
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- In this World Cup, Rachin Ravindra has three hundred. The first batter to reach three hundred in the men’s ODI World Cup
- Ravindra became New Zealand’s first player to score three hundred in the men’s ODI World Cup. New Zealand has six batsmen in double figures, including Kane Williamson, who fell five runs short of a third World Cup century.
- Rachin, who scored three hundreds in the men’s ODI World Cup—two more than Sachin Tendulkar—is the most productive under-25 batsman. The two World Cup hitters are tied at 523 runs.
- Pakistani bowlers Shaheen Shah Afridi (90), Hasan Ali (82), and Haris Rauf (85) conceded over 80 runs on Saturday. This is only the sixth men’s ODI inning with three or more bowlers giving up over 80 runs. In this match, Rauf and Afridi conceded Pakistan’s most expensive ODI World Cup runs.
- World Cup player Haris Rauf has conceded 16 sixes in eight games. A men’s ODI World Cup bowler has conceded the most sixes since 1999. The previous record was 15 sixes in six games by Tinashe Panyangara in 2015.
- After the undefeated 273 that Ravindra and Devon Conway scored against England in the opening match of the men’s ODI World Cup, Williamson and Ravindra’s partnership of 180 runs is the second-highest for New Zealand. Beyond the 259-run opening stand by Mitchell Marsh and David Warner earlier in the tournament, the 180-run stand is also the second-highest partnership against Pakistan in World Cup history.
- Pakistan’s opener, Fakhar Zaman, became just the fourth batter to hit 10 or more sixes in an ODI World Cup inning.
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