The Kolkata Knight Riders stunned the Gujarat Titans by three wickets on Sunday night in an Indian Premier League encounter thanks to the heroic batting of Rinku Singh, who belted five straight sixes.
On the last ball of the match, Rinku hit left-arm pacer Yash Dayal for five consecutive sixes. When Rinku needed 29 runs in the final over, this action was crucial. In the end, it was all for nought, despite the fact that Rashid Khan took charge and led from the front, returning with great figures of 3 for 37 and Alzarri Joseph picking up two wickets. Venkatesh Iyer of KKR scored 83 runs off of 40 balls, while Nitish Rana, captain of KKR, scored 45 runs off of 29 balls, both of which are outstanding knocks.
On the final five balls, Lord Rinku Singh hit five sixes.
In a game of historic importance, Rinku played the knock of his life, smashing one four and as many as six knocks over the fence to secure a win for KKR. After electing to bat first, GT scored an impressive 204-4, with Sai Sudharsan and Vijay Shankar both contributing 50 runs. Due to Hardik Pandya’s sickness, he was unable to participate, hence Rashid took over as captain.
In contrast to Sudharsan’s 53 runs off of 38 balls, Shankar’s unbeaten 63 came off of just 24. Shubman Gill, who opened the innings, hit 39 in support of Sudharsan and Shankar. KKR’s Sunil Narine claimed three wickets despite facing stiff competition.