GT vs KKR: Rinku Singh powered Kolkata Knight Riders to a dream win over Gujarat Titans in the thirteenth match of IPL 2023. The younger Indian star produced magic along with his bat as he smashed 5 sixes in 5 balls of the final over to take KKR residence out of nowhere.Â
KKR had been performed and dusted, particularly after the hat-trick from Rashid Khan in the seventeenth over. Rashid received the wickets of Russell, Narine, and Thakur as KKR’s hopes of a win had been rested to mattress. But Rinku Singh had different ideas. Having his again in opposition to the partitions, the Southpaw scored 28 runs in the final 5 balls in opposition to Yash Dayal to provide probably the most thrilling IPL video games. KKR scored 31 in the ultimate over. They chased down 29 in the ultimate over, which is now the document for the very best goal achieved in the ultimate over of an inning in IPL historical past. Rinku ended his heroic innings on a rating of 48 from 21 balls.
Before this, Venkatesh Iyer saved KKR in the hunt along with his blistering fifty. After the lack of the primary two wickets, Iyer and Nitish Rana offered stability earlier than the duo launched in the center overs. The duo notched a 100-run stand however Joseph received wickets of each of them as KKR went in a giant gap. Rashid’s hat-trick would have put the curtains if not for Rinku to provide the end of his life.
Talking about Gujarat, they had been good in the sport. GT scored nicely with out Pandya and hit an enormous 204-run complete. The likes of Sai Sudharsan and Vijay Shankar produced sensible present. While Sudharsan anchored the batting, Shankar performed a jaw-dropping knock as he struck over 260 and hit 63 off 24 balls.
GT’s Playing XI:
Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Sai Sudharsan, Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan (c) Alzarri Joseph, Josh Little, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Shami
KKR’s Playing XI:
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Nitish Rana (c), N Jagadeesan, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakravarthy
