Ahmedabad (IANS) | Kolkata Knight Riders head coach Chandrakant Pandit heaped praise on left-handed batsman Rinku Singh for hitting five sixes in the last five balls of his way to a thrilling three-wicket win over Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday. Chasing 205, KKR needed 29 runs in the last over to win. Gujarat gave the responsibility of the last over to Yash Dayal, Umesh Yadav took a single on the first ball, after that Rinku hit five consecutive sixes in the last five balls, Rinku remained unbeaten after scoring 48 runs and made the seemingly impossible victory possible for Kolkata. Did. Which will be discussed for a long time in the cricket world.
Chandrakant Pandit said- If I talk about my 43 years of cricket career, I had seen 2 best innings before this. This includes Shastri’s innings, when he hit 6 sixes in the Ranji Trophy. And second Javed Miandad when he hit the last ball for a six. After this I am seeing Rinku Singh doing this.
Pandit also praised Umesh for bringing Rinku to the crease on the very first ball of the last over, besides Venkatesh Iyer’s innings of 83 runs in 40 balls and 100 runs in 55 balls with captain Nitish Rana. Did.
Kolkata’s next match in IPL 2023 will be against Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 14 at the Eden Gardens.
–IANS
