Those who played the drum of victory for Dhoni in the IPL will play this role in helping New Zealand win the Champions Trophy.

New Zealand was the first to announce the team for the Champions Trophy. It also included two such people in its team who play the drum of victory for Dhoni and Chennai Super Kings in IPL. The role of both the people included in the Kiwi team is going to be the same in the Champions Trophy. However, Dhoni used to change the role of one of them in IPL. But, this will not happen in the New Zealand team. Here both will have the same responsibility and in such a situation it may be easier for them to work. Here we are talking about the two people who are considered close to Dhoni in IPL, one of them is Rachin Ravindra and the other is Devon Conway.
CT will play this role for New Zealand in 2025
In IPL, Rachin Ravindra opens for CSK. Devon Conway plays in the middle order. But, this will not happen in Champions Trophy 2025. In this ICC tournament, it is expected that both these players will be seen opening together for New Zealand. This means that the responsibility of facing the first attack of the opponents will be on the shoulders of both of them.
As is the form, so is the blast!
Now it is almost clear what will be the role of Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway for New Zealand in the Champions Trophy 2025. Both these left-handed batsmen can be seen opening for the team. Meaning, the responsibility of giving a good start to the team will be on them. Now to write the script of a good start, it is also important to be in form. So how is the current form of Rachin and Conway, let us find out by looking at their performance in ODIs.
Rachin Ravindra's performance in ODIs
Rachin Ravindra, who made his ODI debut in 2023, did not play many matches in this format in 2024. At the same time, in the year 2025, he has played 3 ODIs so far, in which he has scored 125 runs with 1 half-century. Talking about the overall ODI career, Rachin has scored 945 runs in 28 matches with 3 centuries at an average of more than 41.
Devon Conway's performance in ODIs
Talking about Devon Conway, he has not played any match for the last one year due to injury. But if we talk about this player who made his ODI debut in 2021, he has scored 1246 runs with 5 centuries at an average of 44.50 in 32 matches played so far.
Overall, Rachin's recent form is fine. At the same time, it will be interesting to see how Devon Conway performs after returning from injury.