{"id":8733,"date":"2025-03-05T17:03:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T11:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=572850"},"modified":"2025-03-05T17:03:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T11:33:31","slug":"champions-trophy-2025-sa-vs-nz-rachin-ravindra-smashes-record-breaking-century-in-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/champions-trophy-2025-sa-vs-nz-rachin-ravindra-smashes-record-breaking-century-in-semi-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions Trophy 2025, SA vs NZ: Rachin Ravindra smashes record-breaking century in semi-final"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"46dea91a-57de-4640-8fe6-20828de6e293\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p data-start=\"102\" data-end=\"495\">Rachin Ravindra continued his sensational form in ICC tournaments, smashing a brilliant 108 off 101 balls against South Africa in the second semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. His innings, which featured 13 fours and a six, helped New Zealand reach 212\/2 in 33.3 overs after they opted to bat first.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"497\" data-end=\"551\">Ravindra sets records with fifth ODI century<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"552\" data-end=\"756\">With this ton, Rachin Ravindra became the second-fastest New Zealand batter to reach five ODI centuries, achieving the milestone in just 28 innings, second only to Devon Conway (22 innings).<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"758\" data-end=\"821\">Fewest innings to five ODI hundreds for New Zealand:<\/h4>\n<ul data-start=\"822\" data-end=\"959\">\n<li data-start=\"822\" data-end=\"847\">22 \u2013 Devon Conway<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"848\" data-end=\"876\">28 \u2013 Rachin Ravindra<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"877\" data-end=\"904\">30 \u2013 Daryl Mitchell<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"905\" data-end=\"933\">56 \u2013 Kane Williamson<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"934\" data-end=\"959\">64 \u2013 Nathan Astle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"961\" data-end=\"1163\">At 25 years and 107 days, Ravindra is also the second-youngest New Zealander to score five ODI centuries, behind Kane Williamson, who reached the landmark at 24 years and 165 days.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1165\" data-end=\"1194\">The moment of glory<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1195\" data-end=\"1506\">Facing Kagiso Rabada, Ravindra flicked a length delivery towards mid-wicket for two runs, bringing up yet another century in an ICC tournament. As he completed the run, he removed his helmet, raised his bat, and acknowledged the applause, marking yet another superb knock on the big stage.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1508\" data-end=\"1533\">Match Situation<\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"1534\" data-end=\"1765\">\n<li data-start=\"1534\" data-end=\"1573\">New Zealand: 212\/2 (33.3 overs)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1574\" data-end=\"1607\">Kane Williamson: 80* (77)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1608\" data-end=\"1642\">Rachin Ravindra: 108 (101)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1643\" data-end=\"1709\">Bowling: Kagiso Rabada 1\/37 (5.3), Keshav Maharaj 0\/50 (7)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1710\" data-end=\"1765\">Last wicket: Rachin Ravindra c Klaasen b Rabada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1767\" data-end=\"1952\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">New Zealand, after losing early wickets, has been powered by a 164-run partnership between Ravindra and Williamson, putting them in a strong position in this crucial knockout match.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rachin Ravindra continued his sensational form in ICC tournaments, smashing a brilliant 108 off 101 balls against South Africa in\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":31539,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3965],"class_list":["post-8733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-champions-trophy-2025"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}