Rinku Singh did an unthinkable job last Sunday. Needing 29 off 5 deliveries, the UP batter smashed 5 sixes in a row to hand Kolkata an amazing win. This week’s outstanding performance by Rinku Singh in Ahmedabad left a lasting effect on not just his teammates but also the game’s veterans and legends. The former RCB captain stated that Rinku’s knock had taken him by surprise but said that he could never in his life do it.
Before the start of RCB’s third home game in IPL 2023 against Delhi Capitals, veteran Indian cricketer Robin Uthappa asked Kohli on Jio Cinema about how the young players had performed during the season. Virat Kohli promptly mentioned Rinku’s innings. He acknowledged that the kind of batting the KKR star displayed that evening had left him in awe; it had beyond his expectations.
Virat Kohli said
“What the youngsters are doing today is amazing to see. Look at this IPL, I couldn’t even think of doing stuff what these young guys are doing. Just the other night, Rinku Singh hits 5 Sixes in last 5 balls which is amazing & never happened something like that. Coming in an hitting five sixes in a row to win a match, I mean what level is this? So that transition is happening is great. It is great to see such youngsters coming up,” he said.
Rinku found himself in a similar situation to Kohli in the T20 World Cup encounter in Melbourne against Pakistan, where his team needed 48 off the final 18 balls. On the penultimate over, he was able to hit a couple of boundaries to bring the equation down to 29 runs. As Rinku went on strike, Umesh Yadav took the game-changing single for KKR, and the rest was destruction at its finest. In a nail-biting victory for KKR over his “friend,” Yash Dayal, Rinku unleashed five successive sixes.
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