In 11 matches, Rinku has scored 337 runs at an average of 56.16 and a strike rate of 151.12. He has scored two half-centuries this season, with best score of 58*. Though he has been a reliable star for Uttar Pradesh in domestic cricket, hitting Gujarat Titans' pacer Yash Dayal for five succe
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will take on Rajasthan Royals (RR) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Thursday. Nitish is in solid form this season. He has taken the role of KKR skipper and played it to perfection with some memorable victories and knocks
Andre Russell had an impactful 42-run performance in the latter half of the game, hitting three sixes in four balls against Sam Curran in the 19th over of the match
The rivalry week kick-started on May 6 with one of the exciting of IPL when Chennai Super Kings locked horns with MI and now the second biggest contest as Royal Challengers Bangalore take on Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium.
The KKR batter said at the post-match presentation, "I didn't think about the last ball. Even when I hit those five sixes, I hadn't thought much. I was playing on the merit of the ball. I had the belief in me that I could finish the game. I have got used to it, sometimes I bat at 5, sometime
After winning 'Player of the Match' for his match-winning knock of 42 off 23 balls at Eden Gardens, Russell said that he gets goosebumps seeing Rinku Singh bat the way he is doing for KKR.
KKR is in the fifth spot in the points table with five wins, six losses and a total of 10 points. PBKS has slipped to seventh position in the table with 10 points due to low net-run-rate.
KKR set a fighting target of 172 runs after their first innings efforts, with Rinku Singh top-scoring with 46 runs (35b, 4x4, 1x6) while skipper Nitish Rana chipped in with 42 runs (31b, 3x4, 3x6). SRH came close to completing the chase led by Aiden Markram's 41 runs (40b, 4x4) and Heinrich
The finalists of IPL 2022 have carried their form to this season and looked like the team to beat this year as well. RR - who are being led by Sanju Samson - and Hardik Pandya's GT look front-runners in the playoffs race. It will be the final game before IPL 2023 witnesses the rivalry week.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) bowlers held their nerves to deliver skilful bowling spells in death overs to clinch a five-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad
Now, KKR is at eighth position with four wins and six losses. They have a total of eight points. SRH is at ninth position with three wins and six losses. They have a total of six points.