Rachin Ravindra suffers injury before the start of the T20I series

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NZ vs AUS 2025: Rachin Ravindra suffers injury before the start of the T20I series: On Tuesday, September 30, 2025, New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra suffered a facial injury ahead of the T20 series against Australia. While practicing fielding, Rachin collided with a boundary hoarding. The Australia-New Zealand series begins on October 1.

New Zealand have won their last five T20 matches before this series and will hope to continue their victories in the upcoming matches. Following the Australia series, New Zealand will play a six-match white-ball series (three T20Is and three ODIs) against England.

If Rachin doesn’t recover in time, Tim Robinson is expected to replace him. However, New Zealand will want their experienced all-rounder Rachin to return to the team as soon as possible and help their team win this series.

Rachin Ravindra Injury Update

NZ's Rachin Ravindra suffers facial injury ahead of Australia T20Is

New Zealand team statement on Rachin’s injury: Rachin suffered a similar incident in February while attempting a catch under floodlights. That injury ruled him out of the ongoing tri-series (Pakistan – New Zealand – South Africa) and the first match of the Champions Trophy.

New Zealand Cricket’s official social media handle stated, “Ravindra has suffered a facial injury and will continue to be monitored by the medical team after passing an initial concussion test on the field.”

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Opening batsman Tim Seifert could be the most dangerous for the hosts in this series. Seifert is in excellent form in T20I cricket. In his last 11 international innings, he has scored 497 runs at an average of 55.22 and a strike rate of 168.47. This list also includes his career-best unbeaten innings of 97 against Pakistan in the latter part of last season.

Australia will be looking to their aggressive batting line-up to play explosively and fearlessly to win the series. The Australian team includes dangerous batsmen like Tim David, Travis Head, and captain Mitchell Marsh, who can turn the game around at any time.

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