Champions Trophy 2025 results: Rachin Ravindra guides New Zealand to victory over Bangladesh
Neither Pakistan nor Bangladesh specifically challenged this comprehensive New Zealand side, but it was another comprehensive victory that gave them momentum and confidence in the semi-finals.
After a nice start, the situation in Bangladesh was whispering hoarseness as their batsmen couldn’t adapt to the critical accuracy of New Zealand’s bowling attacks, especially Bracewell’s disconnect.
The 34-year-old made an opening break with Tanzid Hasan, caught 24 by Williamson, from there, with 10 hits, and very few Need to change his close distance as Tawhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah were failing to rotate After that, they all failed. Continue strike.
Shanto and Ali played wisely to avoid their side from being completely collapsed, but they lacked support from elsewhere to post competitive totals on a good surface, and their bowling attacks lacked after the new ball swings. threaten.
Ravindra returned to XI due to illness and entered the crease with a 15-2 mark, giving the New Zealand picker a headache about how he can keep him aside after a inning, including 12 Four and six.
When he had only 25 people, he made the most of the crucial missed opportunities, followed by the declines of 93 and 105, which had a smaller impact on the results.
The partnership with Latham, who also performed well after the century against Pakistan, was a masterclass of strike rotation and took expensive risks throughout the middle game because there was no A bowler settled in Bracewell’s way.
New Zealand’s final group match against India will determine who stands out in the group, but will also have an interesting assessment of how the two unbeaten teams will give for the first time under real pressure.
