World Cup 2023: Conway-Rachin set a series of records, created a stir in the England-New Zealand match

 

In the first match of the ODI World Cup 2023, New Zealand defeated the defending champions England by 9 wickets. For New Zealand, Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra played an important role in helping the team win by playing unbeaten century innings. Conway played an unbeaten century of 152* runs in 121 balls with the help of 19 fours and 3 sixes. Whereas Rachin Ravindra played a century inning of 123(96)* runs. Many records were also made in this match, about which we are going to tell you. 

Devon Conway becomes the first player to score 150+ in the Men's World Cup 

152* - Devon Conway vs England, World Cup 2023 (1st match)

139* - Lahiru Thirimane (Sri Lanka), vs England, 2015

134* - Stephen Fleming vs South Africa, 2003

127* - Sachin Tendulkar vs Kenya, 1996

Biggest partnership for New Zealand in the World Cup 

273- Rachin and Conway vs England, 2023

168 - Lee Germain and Chris Harris vs Australia, 1996

166* - Martin Guptill & Brendon McCullum vs ZIM, 2011

Highest partnership (any wicket) in World Cup

372 - Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels (West Indies) vs Zimbabwe, Canberra, 2015

318 - Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid (India) vs Sri Lanka, Taunton, 1999

282 - Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga (Sri Lanka) v Zimbabwe, Pallekele, 2011

273* - Devon Conway & Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand) vs England, Ahmedabad, 2023

260 - David Warner & Steven Smith (Aus) v Afghanistan, Perth, 2015

Youngest player to score a century on debut in the World Cup

22 years, 106 days - Virat Kohli (India) vs Bangladesh, 2011

23 years, 301 days - Andy Flower (Zimbabwe) v Sri Lanka, New Plymouth, 1992

23 years, 321 days - Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand) v England, Ahmedabad, 2023

24 years, 152 days - Nathan Astle (New Zealand) vs England, Ahmedabad, 1996

25 years, 250 days - David Miller (South Africa) vs Zimbabwe, 2015

Oldest player to score a century on debut in the World Cup

33 years, 105 days - Jeremy Bray (Ire) v Zimbabwe, Kingston, 2007

32 years, 89 days - Devon Conway (New Zealand) vs England, Ahmedabad, 2023

32 years, 61 days - Dennis Amiss (England) v India, Lord's, 1975

29 years, 32 days - Craig Wishart (Zimbabwe) v Namibia, Harare, 2003

The batsman who scored the fastest century for New Zealand in the World Cup 

Rachin Ravindra - 82 balls (New Zealand) vs England, Ahmedabad, 2023

Devon Conway - 83 (New Zealand) vs England, Ahmedabad, 2023

Martin Guptill- 88 (New Zealand) vs Bangladesh, 2015

Highest ODI partnership by visiting pairs in India

273* - Conway and Rachin (New Zealand) v England, Ahmedabad, 2023

258* - Aaron Finch & David Warner vs India, 2020

235 - Herschelle Gibbs and Gary Kirsten vs India, 2000

231 - Aaron Finch and David Warner vs India, 2017

With this explosive victory, New Zealand did what no other team had done before in the World Cup. New Zealand has created a new record by chasing 283 runs in 36.2 overs. Earlier in the World Cup, no team had chased 280 runs at such a fast pace. New Zealand has become the fastest team to achieve this feat. This is the first time that in the first match of the Men's World Cup, two teammates (Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra) scored centuries in the same match.