Will need to adapt on unknown Dubai pitch: New Zealand opener Rachin Ravindra

Dashing New Zealand opener Rachin Ravindra feels adapting to the conditions will be key to succeed on an 'unknown' Dubai pitch in the Champions Trophy final against India.
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DUBAI: Dashing New Zealand opener Rachin Ravindra feels adapting to the conditions will be key to succeed on an 'unknown' Dubai pitch in the Champions Trophy final against India on Sunday.

Except the group match against India in Dubai, New Zealand have played all their games in Pakistan. The Kiwis had also played two games in Lahore during the preceding tri-series involving Pakistan and South Africa.

India, on the other, have played all their matches in Dubai and are familiar with the conditions.

"We don't quite know what the Dubai pitch is. We saw in our (group) game against India the ball turning but the other day didn't turn so much. We found ourselves adapting and playing according to situations, which we will need to do on Sunday again.

"We will see in the next couple of days and hopefully it's a good cricket wicket," said Ravindra after an emphatic 50-run win over South Africa in the semifinal here.

Ravindra scored only six against India in the group stage match, falling to Hardik Pandya while going for an upper cut, but the left-hander is hoping for a better outing in the final.

"You get out pretty much every time you bat. Hopefully I can bat for a longer period of time and continue to play well for my team," he said.

He is also aware about the expectations from the side in any big ICC event.

"Whenever you approach a tournament, you expect hopefully to be among the top four teams and lucky enough we have been consistently good over a period of time.

"We are happy with our preparation, coming here early, we can see we are cooking reasonably well. Trust and ability around the group is great." Agencies

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