Rinku Singh’s heroics left KKR coach Chandrakant Pandit in tears (Sportzpix)
Rinku Singh’s brilliant five sixes brought tears to KKR coach Chandrakant Pandit’s eyes after Kolkata Knight Riders’ 3-wicket win in IPL 2023.
In the match played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Titans, Rinku Singh ended brilliantly by hitting five consecutive sixes. Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday, April 9. Emotions ran high after KKR’s thrilling 3-wicket win, with the entire Knight Riders camp led by captain Nitish Rana rushing onto the field to hug Rinku.
KKR coach Chandrakant Pandit was left in tears as he hugged Rinku Singh to bring to a dramatic end, one of the most memorable moments in the rich history of the 16-season IPL.
Kolkata Knight Riders needed 29 runs to win from 6 balls, making it look like an impossible task with Rashid Khan taking his maiden hat-trick IPL 2023 Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Shardul Thakur were dismissed on consecutive balls a few overs ago.
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It seemed that the match was going towards GT but Rinku Singh made the impossible possible.
Yash Dayal came in to bowl the final over, Umesh Yadav was on strike, he took a single and gave the strike to Rinku who did the rest, making it look effortless, however, of course it wasn’t, park the ball Decking all around and securing a thrilling KKR win was a great achievement.
Rinku broke several records, becoming the first batsman to hit five consecutive sixes in a chase in the 20th over.
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He returned unbeaten after scoring 48 runs in 21 balls, which included one four and six sixes.
KKR needed 29 runs to win, and their successful chase meant that it was the highest successful target chased during the 20th over, the previous best being Rising Pune Supergiants’ 23 in the final over in 2016.
Kolkata Knight Riders scored 207/7, this was the first time that a total of over 200 was successfully chased down during the IPL 2023 season.
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“I believed I could do it. Last year I was in a similar situation in Lucknow. The faith was still there. Didn’t think much there. Those shots happened one after the other. That last one was behind the hand, and I hit it off the back foot,” said Rinku Singh after his match-turning heroics.
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