New Delhi. Rinku Singh is known for his explosive batting. He proved it once again in the first T20 match against Australia. In the last over of the match, Team India had to score 7 runs to win and 5 wickets were left. In such circumstances, victory seemed easy. Rinku made the match easier by hitting a four on the first ball of Sean Abbott. Took one run on the second ball. Team India lost 3 wickets in the next 3 balls. One run was also scored. Now Rinku was on strike and Team India needed one run on one ball to win. Rinku hit a six over long on off Abbott. But meanwhile the umpire declared Abbott’s ball a no-ball. In such a situation, the Indian team got victory due to no ball. For this reason the six of the rink was not added. With the victory, the Indian team has taken a 1-0 lead in the 5-match series.
Talking about the first T20 match, Australia scored a huge score of 208 runs playing first with the help of Josh English’s 110 runs. Team India achieved this for 8 wickets in 19.5 overs. This is also India’s most successful run chase in T20. As Rinku Singh hit a six off Abbott’s ball, he raised his hand and told that it was me. Mukesh Kumar, standing at the non-striker end, jumped with joy in the air as soon as he hit the shot. Rinku Singh once again played an important innings while chasing the target. He remained unbeaten after scoring 22 runs on 14 balls. Hit 4 fours.
Rinku Singh bringing back our smiles! pic.twitter.com/I7C0WTDTDU
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) November 23, 2023
Suryakumar said- He remains calm
Captain Suryakumar Yadav also played a brilliant inning of 80 runs in 42 balls in the match and was the player of the match. After the match he said that he was happy to see Rinku Singh’s innings. He remains very calm on the field. This helps the team. It is known that in IPL 2023, Rinku Singh gave a memorable victory to Kolkata Knight Riders against Gujarat Titans by hitting 5 sixes in 5 consecutive balls in the 20th over. After this he played many more memorable innings.
This was the sixth T20 International match of 26 year old Rinku Singh. But he got a chance to bat in only 3 innings. During this period he has scored 97 runs at a strike rate of 194. 38 runs is the best performance. That means his first half-century is yet to come. Talking about overall T20 career, Rinku has scored more than 2100 runs with the help of 13 half-centuries. The strike rate is 146. Also hit 100 sixes.
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Tags: Australia, Rinku Singh, Team india
FIRST PUBLISHED: November 24, 2023, 06:31 IST