IPL 2023: After the mind blowing finish to the Gujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders match yesterday, KKR Captain Nitish Rana said that he was very reluctant to his gave his special bat to Rinku Singh before the match. Rinku then went on to hit five consecutive sixes with it when KKR required 29 runs off the final over and won a memorable match for them The Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. KKR were motoring along when Rashid Khan came and took the first hat-trick of this season and left KKR fans hopeless. Rinku first hit Little for 2 boundaries in the 2nd last over and then 5 consecutive sixes to Dayal to end the match. Follow Indian Premier League 2023 Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
This 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 said after their sensational win.
Rana on gifting his bat to Rinku
“Today 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”
“I had a feeling that he would pick this bat because it has a very nice pickup and according to my weight this bat is light. So (now) this bat belongs to Rinku, not me,” said Rana in a video posted by KKR.
Rinku claimed the match & 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘵! 💜#GTvKKR | #AmiKKR | #TATAIPL 2023 | @NitishRana_27 | @rinkusingh235 pic.twitter.com/vHWVROar8P
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 9, 2023
Head Coach Chandrakant Pandit on Rinku’s one in a lifetime innings
How a winning dressing room sounds like! 💜😍#GTvKKR | #AmiKKR | #TATAIPL 2023 pic.twitter.com/hTOJidtTnR
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 10, 2023
“In 43 years of my cricket career, being coach, playing cricket, first class cricket and international, I’ve previously seen two innings. One is Ravi Shastri scoring six sixes in the Ranji Trophy, and second was last ball sixes by Javed Miandad in Dubai (Sharjah) and after that I’m seeing you (Rinku)” said Pandit in a post match speech to the team.
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