Rachin Ravindra is playing in the Karachi training nets and if Rachin is available Tom Latham not played for New Zealand’s Champions Trophy opener against Pakistan. Wearing his helmet, Ravindra covered up the stitches from an odd injury ten days ago when he missed a ball from Khushdil Shah and got hit on the forehead. The management said that he would be fully fit before the Champions Trophy.

New Zealand Taking It Slow, but Rachin Ravindra Looks Ready

During the practice, Glenn Phillips and Michael Bracewell bowled some leg spin to improve Ravindra's batting and he can play his free-flowing shots. He stepped back, cleared his front leg, and then hit a beautiful cover drive. If delivery was overpitched, he smashed decisive strokes, clearing the actual boundary in a normal game-sliding without any problem. Nevertheless, he managed to go off the field after the treatment, thus the fans greeted him with applause. There was no concussion besides not losing consciousness and his eyes, nose, or teeth have no damage. Kane Williamson described him as a person who likes to joke, and shortly after that, he said that we would monitor him according to his fitness so he could play in the ICC Champions Trophy.

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Latham said. "He’s recovering well, but we need to be careful. Head injuries need proper checks before making a decision."

New Zealand completed the tri-series. When Ravindra was unfit to play, Devon Conway brilliantly scored 97 and 48 to help New Zealand beat out the tri-series. There were also injured locks, Lockie Ferguson and Ben Sears, so the replacements of Nathan Smith and Jacob Duffy did a very good job in the tri-series. Ferguson's replacement, Kyle Jamieson, is entering the squad to keep the team on track, so there should be no problem with the provision of the substitute.

 Latham said. "The pitch we played on against Pakistan was different from the one used against South Africa. We’ll check today’s conditions, but we’re confident in our approach."

In New Zealand’s ODI campaign, Kiwi players are in good form. As for the game which the New Zealand team won, they started with bowling and South Africa Batted first and they scored 304 runs New Zealand successfully chased it with Williamson leading the charge. Their fast bowlers, controlled the game after that in the final Pakistan was inconsistent and they won the Tri-series final.