Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Rinku Singh He was at his classy best on Sunday as he hit five sixes in the last five balls to help register a historic three-wicket win over defending champions Gujarat Titans in an IPL 2023 game. KKR needed 29 runs from the last over and hardly anyone would have imagined the side winning the game. Umesh Yadav Took a single off the first ball to give strike to Rinku, who hit five sixes off the last five balls to take his team home.
The win certainly made Rinku a hero, but the left-arm GT fast bowler Yash DayalJoe, who was at the end of his exploits in the final over, was clearly disappointed.
Rinku, who shared the Uttar Pradesh dressing room with Yash Dayal in domestic cricket, revealed during a recent interview how he consoled the southpaw.
“After the game I messaged Yash and said cricket mein aisa hota hai, you did really well last year, I tried to motivate him a bit,” Rinku Singh said in a message. india today interview,
Earlier, the KKR franchise had also taken out their time after the match to console Dayal with a sweet message.
“Chin up, lad. Just a tough day at the office, happens to the best players in cricket. You’re a champion, Yash, and you’re about to come back strong,” KKR said in a tweet.
Chin up, kid. Just a tough day at the office, happens to the best of cricket. You’re a champion, Yash, and you’re gonna come back strong@gujarat_titans pic.twitter.com/M0aOQEtlsx
— Kolkata Knight Riders (@KKRiders) April 9, 2023
The first three balls that Rinku faced in the last over were all full-toss and the batsman made no mistake in sending him for sixes.
10 needed off 2 balls, Dayal bowled a slower length but Rinku hit that too over the fence. The final ball of the match was once again a slower ball back of length and Rinku with nerves of steel slammed it over long-on to seal the game for KKR.
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