Sky Sports’ Michael Atherton praised the New Zealand striker Rachin will delight like “one of the most brilliant talents of the game” before their confrontation with India in the Champions Trophy final on Sunday.
Ravirandi was still on the world scene with a fifth hundred ODI in the 50 -point victory of the Black Capts against South Africa in Wednesday’s semi -finals – the five centuries marked in a world CPI tournament.
Kane Williamson – Long praised as a member of the best “The Fab Four” strikers from the World Game – also marked a 15th ton Odi, but Atherton thinks that Ravira, 25, will soon face this coat when his 34 -year -old teammate passes.
“Rachin Ravira will be one of the most brilliant young talents in the game,” said Atherton.
“We say similar about Harry Brook, and there is also Yashasvi Jaiswal with India, it is the guys who will be among the handful of the next generation of big ones.
“Kane Williamson was obviously part of what we call” the Fab Four “, as well as [Joe] Root, [Steve] Smith and [Virat] Kohli, and I think Ravira is among the next group of players to take this.
“He’s a fantastic player, some of the blows he played in the semi-finals were so elegant.”
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Highlights of the second semi-final of the ICC champions trophy between New Zealand and South Africa
The former New Years Eve goalkeeper and comment Great Ian Smith said similar when you seem for the moment when the century of Ravira was sealed.
“We see a real class here, an absolute shine. Beating from the future,” said Smith.
“What a round; fantastic to look at. It is so easy on the eyes, so relaxed, so young!
“It is so exciting for the match – forget New Zealand – for the game as a whole.”
Hussain: New Zealand did not put it in the end
Atherton added that he thought that “the two best teams in the tournament are in the final”, which is played in Dubai on Sunday – Sunday – Live on Sky Sports Cricket From 8:30 am (first ball, 9 a.m.).
The games have already clashed in Dubai once, in the group phase, on the biggest piece of tournament tournament with regard to Varun Chakravarthy with figures of 5-42 in a 44-point victory.
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India beat New Zealand by 44 points in a competition with a low score in the group phase of the Champions Trophy
But Sky Sports’ Nasser Hussain supported black caps to make a strong performance in the final, saying: “They will not bottle it, they will not choke.
“We died with [former Australia batter] Aaron Finch and he summed it up quite well saying that New Zealand is never a side that fought. And by that, he means that they will swing and that they will put a performance.
“Throughout the New Zealand range, they have very, very hard crickets who present themselves in every match and give it their best absolute-that is why they will always be there in the semi-finals and in the finals.
“They also have this great mixture between senior pros who spent there year after year – like Kane Williamson, one of the grown -ups of all time – and young people like Rachin Ravira.
“They might lose [New Zealand]But if they do, it will be because India has beat them. “”
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