New Delhi: Kolkata Knight Riders flamboyant batsman Rinku Singh hit 5 consecutive sixes to seal an exciting three-wicket win over Gujarat Titans within the Indian Premier League on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Needing 29 runs within the final over, Rinku dismissed the left-arm quick bowler. Yash Dayal Trot for 5 maximums off the final ball to register a sensational win.
Rashid Khan led from the entrance and returned with spectacular figures of three for 37, whereas Alzarri Joseph (2/27) picked up two wickets, however all his efforts went in useless.
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Needing 29 runs within the final over, Rinku dismissed the left-arm quick bowler. Yash Dayal Trot for 5 maximums off the final ball to register a sensational win.
Rashid Khan led from the entrance and returned with spectacular figures of three for 37, whereas Alzarri Joseph (2/27) picked up two wickets, however all his efforts went in useless.
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Venkatesh Iyer top-scored for KKR with a 40-ball 83 whereas skipper Nitish Rana performed a superb knock of 45 off 29 balls.
Rinku performed the innings of his life and hit a boundary and 6 sixes over the fence to register a well-known win for KKR.
Opting to bat first, GT scored 204 for 4 on the again of half-centuries from Sai Sudarshan and Vijay Shankar.
Hardik Pandya missed the sport because of unwell and Rashid led GT in his place.
Sudarshan scored 53 runs in 38 balls whereas Shankar scored 63 not out in simply 24 balls.
Other than Sudarshan and Shankar, opener Shubman Gill scored 39 runs.
Sunil Narine took three wickets for 33 runs for KKR.
(With inputs from PTI)