Black Caps Rachin Ravindra's proud dad on CWC

World Cups have been plentyful but our nation's success in the marquee events has not. But tonight, we get one more shot at standing atop the dais as champions of planet earth at something. Tonight is Semi Final time at the Cricket World Cup. New Zealand a cricketing David of 5 Million taking on the Indian Goliath of 11 superstars backed by 1.4 Billion people all waiting for Rohit Sharma to lift the world cup on the 19th of November. The Black Caps will be hoping for a repeat from the 2019 World Cup, where they stunned India in the semi final in England. Newcomer Rachin Ravindra has been a standout for NZ this tournament, scoring three centuries, 565 runs and breaking all sorts of records along the way. Rachin's father Ravi Krishnamurthy will be watching at home in Wellington on his projector, and joins us now on First Up.