Kolkata Knight Riders batter Rinku Singh performs a shot through the IPL 2023 cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday, April 9, 2023.
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The bat with which Kolkata Knight Riders’ Rinku Singh hit 5 successive sixes in opposition to Gujarat Titans truly belonged to his captain Nitish Rana, who reluctantly gave it to his teammate.
The left-handed Rinku hammered successive sixes off Yash Dayal from the final 5 balls of KKR’s run chase at hand his aspect a miraculous three-wicket win of their IPL match in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
“This [the one Rinku used] is my bat and I played both matches [this season] with this bat. I have played the entire Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy and the last four to five matches of last year with this bat,” Rana mentioned after the sensational win late on Sunday.
“Today [Sunday] I changed my bat. Rinku asked me for my bat. I didn’t want to give him my bat initially, but somebody brought this bat [from dressing room].
“I had a sense that he would choose this bat as a result of it has a really good pickup and in response to my weight this bat is gentle. So 1681121808 this bat belongs to Rinku, not me,” said the captain in a video posted on KKR’s Twitter handle.
KKR head coach Chandrakanta Pandit also heaped praise on Rinku Singh for his sensational batting.
“In 43 years of my cricket profession, being coach, enjoying cricket, firstclass cricket and worldwide, I’ve beforehand seen two innings. One is Ravi Shastri scoring six sixes within the Ranji Trophy, and second was final ball sixes by Javed Miandad in Dubai [Sharjah] and after that I’m seeing you [Rinku].”
