India misplaced the 2nd T20I in opposition to South Africa on Tuesday as the house facet took 1-0 lead within the three-match collection with another recreation to go. After successful the toss at St. George’s Park in Gqeberha, Proteas Men captain Aiden Markram opted to subject first. India obtained off to the worst attainable begin, dropping each openers – Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal – for a duck within the first two overs. Tilak Varma performed a superb hand f 29 runs off 20 balls earlier than departing earlier than Suryakumar Yadav performed a captain’s knock of 36-ball 58.Â
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However, the most important star for India with the bat was Rinku Singh who slammed an unbeaten 68 off simply 39 balls, an innings which included 9 fours and two huge sixes.Â
One of those sixes broke the glass of the media field on the stadium. On the final ball of the nineteenth over bowled by Markram, Rinku danced down the monitor and smashed the off-spinner for a six down the geound. It hit the glass of the media field. The visuals of the damaged glass of the press field was shared by Rajal Arora, who’s in media workforce of BCCI, on X (beforehand Twitter).
Check out under the Rinku Singh six that broke the press field glass and the photograph shared by Rajal with a few reactions on the star-in-making’s good knock:
#AidenMarkram introduced himself on within the penultimate over, and #RinkuSingh made him pay with back-to-back maximums _
Rinku has introduced his A-game to South Africa!
Tune-in to the 2nd #SAvIND T20I
LIVE NOW | Star Sports Network#Cricket pic.twitter.com/HiibVjyuZH
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) December 12, 2023
That Rinku SIX simply landed within the media field. pic.twitter.com/fwAXKUUvD1
— Rajal Arora (@RajalArora) December 12, 2023
Most runs in first 7 T20I inns for India __
290 – Gambhir
280 – Rahul
274 – Hooda
248 – Rinku
243 – SKY #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/rHzouT96yh
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 12, 2023
Most runs in first 7 T20I inns for India __
290 – Gambhir
280 – Rahul
274 – Hooda
248 – Rinku
243 – SKY #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/rHzouT96yh
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) December 12, 2023
This was additionally Rinku’s first fifty in worldwide cricket and T20Is. He had performed some excellent innings vs Australa at residence however this was lastly a knock whereby he invested extra time on the sector and obtained the landmark. Former India cricketer and commentator Sanjay Manjrekar was all reward for the Aligarh-born cricketer who performs his Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and wrote on X: “Rinku Singh! Wow! What an innings! Not blind hitting but calculated shots. More 4s than 6s. Which guarantees consistency more than others who look to score only in 6s.”
KKR posted the photograph of the damaged glass on their social media handles and wrote “Rinku was here”. The 25-year-old, certainly, left his mark at St George’s Park in Gqeberha. The journalists and the broadcasters who enter the press field after this recreation will keep in mind Rinku at any time when they’ll have a look at the identical part the place as soon as there was a damaged glass. India will hope that Rinku smashes some extra glasses and lots of extra data with the bat.Â