Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) cricketer Rinku Singh, who played a blistering knock in IPL 2023, is being discussed everywhere. Rinku Singh recently gave his team an impossible-looking victory by hitting 5 consecutive sixes in the last 5 balls of the match against Gujarat Titans.
In this match, the team of Kolkata Knight Riders needed 28 runs in the last 5 balls to win, but Rinku Singh gave victory to the Kolkata Knight Riders by hitting 5 consecutive sixes. This charismatic batting of Rinku Singh reminded of Yuvraj Singh.
Yuvraj Singh hit Stuart Broad for 6 consecutive sixes in 6 balls in the match against England in the 2007 T20 World Cup tournament. There is a deep connection between the feat of Yuvraj Singh against England and Rinku Singh’s 5 sixes. Some such coincidences match Rinku Singh a lot.
The first surprising thing is that Rinku Singh’s name resembles Yuvraj Singh’s. The batting style of Yuvraj Singh and Rinku Singh is also found because both these batsmen are left-handers. Yuvraj Singh hit 6 consecutive sixes in 6 consecutive balls while batting at number 5 in the match against England in the 2007 T20 World Cup tournament. Rinku Singh also hit 5 consecutive sixes in 5 balls while batting at number 5 in the match against Gujarat Titans.
While batting first, Gujarat scored 204 runs for four wickets in that match. KKR registered its second consecutive win by scoring 207 runs for seven wickets. KKR needed 29 runs to win the last over. Umesh Yadav took a single off Yash Dayal’s first ball and gave the strike to Rinku. After this, Rinku gave the team a memorable victory by hitting 5 consecutive sixes. Dayal spent 69 runs in his four overs without any success.
