Rinku Singh of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has become the talk of the town after his stupendous performance in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023. Highest scorer of the team by scoring 474 runs in 14 innings including 4 half-centuries.
The left-handed batsman hit five consecutive sixes against Gujarat Titans last month and since then has been grabbing attention with his impressive innings. The experts were quite impressed with Rinku’s finishing skills and many of them believe that the 25-year-old is ready to don the blue jersey of the Indian team.
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Meanwhile, Chris Gayle, who is one of the IPL experts of JioCinema, has predicted that there will be a huge hike in his salary next year.
“Rinku Singh has done this on a few occasions for KKR in the past as well. I am sure he will get a higher salary next year as he has been the best performer with the bat for KKR.
Former India fast bowler Zaheer Khan has also been surprised by the emergence of Rinku Singh this season, who has overtaken KKR legend Andre Russell in the pecking order.
“If you had to see a bright spot for KKR this season, it was Rinku Singh. He stood between LSG and the playoffs and played with a lot of confidence. He has handled himself and the team like this throughout the season. When you have a skilful finisher like Russell and yet when you talk about KKR, he hasn’t been talked about this season.
Zaheer said on GeoCinema, “If Rinku Singh is able to take such a name off the back, it shows how good his season has been for him.”
