Following his aspect’s six-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) of their Indian Premier League (IPL) match, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) batter Rinku Singh stated that batting in center order for his home aspect, Uttar Pradesh helped him and he and skipper Nitish Rana determined to take the sport deep. Crucial Fifties from Rinku Singh and Nitish Rana stored Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) playoffs hope alive as they registered 6 wickets victory over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) of their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match right here at MA Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday.

“We lost three wickets early, so we decided we will take this deep. I bat at 5, 6 in domestic cricket too so the experience helped me. I have worked hard, really hard, to get batting well, which is what gives me confidence,” stated Rinku in a post-match presentation.

Rinku is at the moment the eighth-highest run-scorer in IPL 2023. He has scored 407 runs in 13 matches at a median of fifty.87 and a strike fee of 143.30. He has additionally scored three half-centuries this season, with one of the best rating of 58*.

CSK opted to bat first and have been restricted to 144/ of their 20 overs. Solid knocks got here from Shivam Dube (48* in 34 balls), Devon Conway (30 in 28 balls) and Ravindra Jadeja (20). There was a 68-run partnership for the sixth wicket between Dube and Jadeja.

Sunil Narine was the choose of the bowlers for KKR, taking 2/15 in his 4 overs. Spinner Varun Chakravarthy (2/36) additionally obtained a few wickets. Vaibhav Arora and Shardul Thakur obtained a wicket every.

In the chase of 145, KKR was as soon as at 33/3. Then a 99-run stand between skipper Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh came about, which introduced again KKR into the sport. Nitish slammed an unbeaten 57 in 44 balls, consisting of six fours and a six whereas Rinku scored 54 off 43 balls, with 4 boundaries and three sixes. KKR chased down the full in 18.3 overs with six wickets in hand.

Deepak Chahar (3/27) was the choose of the bowlers for CSK and did preliminary injury to KKR’s high order.

CSK is within the second place with seven wins, 5 losses and one no end result. They have a complete of 15 factors. KKR is at seventh with six wins, seven losses and 12 factors in whole.

Rinku was given the ‘Player of the Match’ for his fifty.

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