Amazing work of Rachin Ravindra (Photo: PTI)
Men’s The Hundred: The sixth match of Men’s The Hundred was played between Wales Fire and MI London. In this match played in Cardiff, Wales Fire defeated MI London. Wales Fire got this victory on the strength of two New Zealand players included in their team. One player among them was Rachin Ravindra who played the biggest innings of his The Hundred career. His strong innings played an important role in Wales Fire’s victory. After that, the remaining gap was filled by New Zealand’s Lockie Ferguson.
Big innings of Rachin Ravindra, did this for the first time
Wales Fire beat MI London by 15 runs. In the match, Wales Fire batted first and scored a total of 167 runs for 5 wickets in 100 balls. The role of Rachin Ravindra was most important in helping Wales Fire reach this score, who played an inning of 98 runs in 44 balls at number four. This is Rachin Ravindra’s biggest innings in The Hundred. Apart from this, this is the first time that he has scored a fifty plus score in The Hundred.
The Wells Fire had a very bad start. Captain and openers Phil Salt and Matthew Short could not even reach double figures. Joe Root was the second top scorer by scoring 29 runs. Whereas Jordan Cox remained unbeaten after scoring 14 runs. In such a situation, it was Rachin Ravindra’s innings, which helped Wells Fire reach 167 runs.
Ferguson becomes an obstacle in the path of MI London
When MI London set out to chase the target of 168 runs, its first wicket fell at 18 runs only. However, after that, the half-century partnership between James Vince and Jason Roy for the second wicket took the team to the score of 72 runs in 47 balls. This pair was broken by Lockie Ferguson. After this, he also dismissed the next batsman, MI London captain Sam Curran, even before opening the account. As soon as MI London’s score crossed 100, Lockie Ferguson also dismissed Nicholas Pooran.
Wales Fire wins on the strength of Kiwi players
Sharfan Rutherford remained unbeaten after scoring 24 runs but he could not sail his team through this match. Lockie Ferguson was the most successful bowler, taking 4 wickets for 27 runs in 20 balls. In this way, due to the strength shown by its two Kiwi players, Wales Fire was successful in winning the match. MI London could score only 152 runs for 6 wickets in 100 balls.
