In that Test against India, the then 21-year-old batted in the lower-order, sent down 40 overs and held his own with the bat, alongside Ajaz Patel for the tenth wicket, to eke out a fighting draw.
Cut to present, he is the Black Caps' Test No. 4, a mainstay in the ODI team, an IPL star with the Chennai Super Kings and one of the rising youngsters in the cricketing world. And Rachin is back in India, at the Super Kings Academy in Chennai, preparing for what is a long subcontinental test for him and New Zealand. Over the next month and a half, the Black Caps will play a Test against Afghanistan in Noida (from September 9), two more in Sri Lanka before coming back to India for a three-match Test series in October.
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