By Ian Ransom, Reuters<\/p>\n
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\nRachin Ravindra and Devon Conway of New Zealand.
\nPhoto: Kerry Marshall \/ www.photosport.nz\n<\/p>\n
New Zealand batters Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway have been struck down with illness ahead of the T20 World Cup<\/a> but head coach Rob Walter is hopeful of a clean bill of health<\/a> before their tournament gets underway.<\/p>\n Walter said the duo would miss a warmup match against the United States in Mumbai, while top-order batter Finn Allen will also rest as he recovers from a shoulder injury.<\/p>\n “There’s a bit of illness in the camp unfortunately at the moment so Devon and Rachin are struggling with a viral infection which I suppose is part and parcel of touring,” Walter told reporters on Thursday.<\/p>\n “Rachin’s next door to me and it hasn’t sounded good all night, so I think he might be struggling.”<\/p>\n New Zealand launch their bid for a maiden T20 World Cup title against Afghanistan in Chennai on Sunday.<\/p>\n All-rounder Michael Bracewell missed the recent 4-1 loss to India in the T20 warmup series with a calf injury but Walter expects him to be fit for Afghanistan, along with Allen.<\/p>\n “Everyone’s sort of on track at this stage to be fit and healthy for game one, which is good news,” he said.<\/p>\n New Zealand have struggled to build momentum since arriving in the subcontinent, with Jimmy Neesham falling ill and paceman Lockie Ferguson coming back from injury.<\/p>\n While New Zealand lost the final T20 against India this week, Ferguson’s two-wicket spell was a bright spot for Walter, with the fast bowler expected to take a leading role in the absence of Adam Milne.<\/p>\n “He has worked incredibly hard to get himself ready for the World Cup,” said Walter.<\/p>\n “He said he was going to ease into it, but he was bowling 145 (kph). So if that’s him easing in, I’m looking forward to seeing what’s to come.”<\/p>\n – Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Ian Ransom, Reuters Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway of New Zealand. Photo: Kerry Marshall \/ www.photosport.nz New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,47,111,43,139,69,49,46,44,45],"class_list":{"0":"post-268891","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-current-affairs","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-podcasts","15":"tag-public-radio","16":"tag-radio-new-zealand","17":"tag-rnz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}