Rinku Singh hit 5 consecutive sixes within the final over off Yash Dayal, blasting Kolkata Knight Riders to a memorable three-wicket win in opposition to the Gujarat Titans on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. With KKR needing 29 off the final over, Rinku struck 5 sixes on the trot to stay unbeaten on 48 off simply 21 balls. KKR gave the impression to be in bother after Rashid Khan had picked a hat-trick within the seventeenth over. He struck a 4 and a six within the penultimate over to deliver the equation all the way down to 29 in 6 balls, earlier than doing the unthinkable within the ultimate over. After the conclusion of the match, Rinku was trending on social media.

Rinku, who was born in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, was retained by KKR for Rs 55 lakh forward of IPL 2023. He was first acquired by KKR in 2018 for INR 80 lakh. Even although the primary season did not become nice, his potential was thought of and he was retained for IPL 2019 as effectively.

Rinku labored on his batting with KKR assistant coach Abhishek Nayar on the KKR Academy in the course of the off season and the outcomes have been fairly seen in his 2018-19 Ranji Trophy outing for Uttar Pradesh.

He ended up being the third highest run getter (953 runs in 10 innings) of the match with 4 a whole bunch to his identify.

The 25-year-old, who was a part of the Kings XI Punjab squad (now Punjab Kings) in 2017, was handed with a three-month suspension by the BCCI for collaborating in a Ramadan T20 match in Abu Dhabi, with out looking for permission.

So far, he has performed 40 First Class, 50 List-A and 78 T20 matches, amassing 6,016 runs with the assistance of eight centuries and 41 fifties.