Rinku Singh hit five sixes in the last over to give Kolkata a thrilling win.
IPL 2023, KKR vs GT: Rinku Singh snatched away the win from Gujarat Titans. Rinku Singh’s incredible batting in the final over gave Kolkata the win in a thrilling match.
Rinke Singh hit five consecutive sixes off Yash Dayal’s final over to give Kolkata Knight Riders a thrilling 3-wicket win. Kolkata Knight Riders needed 29 runs from the final over to win. Umesh Yadav took a run on the first ball. Then Rinku Singh hit five sixes in five consecutive balls. Gujarat Titans suffered their first defeat in IPL 2023 thanks to Rinku’s incredible innings. Batting first, Gujarat scored 204 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Kolkata scored 207 runs in 20 overs and won the match.
Rinku Singh’s brilliance in the final over
At one point the match was moving away from Kolkata. When 29 runs were needed in the last over, it seemed that Gujarat Titans would win. But Rinku Singh hit five sixes in the last over. Rinku Singh was unbeaten on 48 off 21 balls with six sixes and one four.
Kolkata’s opening pair of fours
The Kolkata team had a bad start to face the big target given by Gujarat. Both the Kolkata openers returned to the pavilion within 28 runs. Gurbaz scored 15 runs and fell victim to Shami. Jagadishan scored 6 runs and was caught out in Joshua Little’s over.
Venkatesh Iyer scored the most runs for Kolkata. Iyer scored 83 runs in 40 balls with 8 fours and 5 sixes. Iyer became a victim of Alzari Joseph. Apart from this, captain Nitish Rana scored 45 runs in 29 balls with 4 fours and three sixes.
Captain Rashid Khan’s hat-trick
Captain Rashid Khan took a hat-trick in the 17th of the innings and in his fourth over, Gujarat Titans came back. Rashid first had the dangerous Andre Russell (1) caught out by the wicketkeeper. Then Sunil Narine got out trying to hit a big shot. Rashid Khan completed his hat-trick by dismissing Shardul Thakur LBW.
Good start for Gujarat
Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill gave Gujarat Titans a good start after winning the toss and batting first. Both shared a partnership of 33 runs for the first wicket. Saha scored 17 runs and became a victim of Narine. Gujarat scored 54 runs in the powerplay.
After the powerplay, Gill and Sudarshan took over the innings. Both shared 67 runs for the second wicket. Gill was out for 39 runs in 31 balls with the help of 5 fours. Sai Sudarshan scored a half-century in the second match in a row. Sudarshan scored 53 runs in 38 balls with three fours and two sixes. Abhinav Manohar was dismissed for 14 runs.
