owing to the absence of their star player Ben Stokes owing to a hip injury, England elected to bat at Ahmedabad, the largest cricket stadium in the world, and amassed a score of 282-9.
Both left-handed batsman, Conway (152) and Ravindra (123) formed an unbroken 273 run partnership for the second wicket, easily chasing down the target with 13.4 overs remaining.
This outcome stood in sharp contrast to the epic World Cup final in 2019 at Lord's, where England prevailed after a tied game thanks to a boundary countback.
Even though Joe Root contributed 77 runs, Tom Latham led the New Zealand team to hold England to a low score when normal captain Kane Williamson was absent.
After suffering an early setback when Will Young was defeated by Sam Curran, Ravindra and Conway demonstrated their skill with the bat by destroying the opposing bowlers all over the field.
Conway reached 1,000 runs in just 23 ODI matches, smashing 100 off 83 balls with 13 fours and two sixes to record the first century of the competition.
Ravindra, 23, quickly followed with his first ODI century, a commanding 100 from 82 balls that included nine fours and four sixes. Conway beat his previous high score of 138, and his duo secured a landslide victory while also raising their net run rate.
Fast bowler Matt Henry collected 3-48 for New Zealand in the first innings, while spinners Mitchell Santner and Glenn Phillips each claimed two wickets.
England got off to a fast start thanks to Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan, but Malan was caught behind by Henry, and Bairstow was bowled for 33 by Santner.
In place of Stokes, Harry Brook challenged Ravindra, but the spinner won. Despite playing a significant innings and reaching his 37th ODI half-century off just 57 balls, Root was eventually bowled out by Phillips' offspin. Mark Wood and Adil Rashid made sure England finished its 50 over
0 Comments