Rinku Singh played a sensational knock of 42*(23) under pressure against the Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the IPL 2022 on Monday. His crucial partnership with Nitish Rana ensured the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) got their first win after five straight losses this season. The southpaw from Uttar Pradesh comes from a very humble background and unfortunately isn’t very experienced in speaking English.
However, in a video posted by KKR on Instagram, captain. Shreyas Iyer was seen giving Rinku Singh tips on how to speak in English during interviews.
Here’s what Shreyas had to say: “Over there (presentation ceremony), they are going to ask you anything. So you need some confidence, man. In future you need some English. You have to keep on improving now. Because you are gonna be a key player for KKR in future. So let’s start! So Rinku what do you think about today’s innings? The way you were batting so calmly in the situation with Nitish.”
Although Rinku had a bit of difficulty conversing in English, he tried his best and explained how he and Rana decided to keep calm and that helped them chase down the target.
Rinku Singh replied: “I…confidence only in batting, no interview! (laughs). I am going to batting..with Nitish Rana (laughs). So he is tell me.. calm calm, finish the game (asks Shreyas to stop.)”
Here is the video of the same:
From getting mocked for his English to winning impossible matches, Rinku Singh came a long way ❤👏 pic.twitter.com/2MvEnSCwYW
— Halsey 🇫🇮 (@Meandmyself017) April 9, 2023
Here are some comments from the netizens:
Rinku knocking out idli mc iyer from indian team
— * (@LuckyyGautam18) April 9, 2023
so many 🤡s trying to be “loyal” to rinku,as a captain and a senior, what Shreyas is telling to Rinku is 💯 true.Rinku is going to be an absolute star and he needs to improve his english if he wants to lead the team one day and to speak fluently in the countless MOM presentations
— PassionateGuyy (@ItPassionate) April 9, 2023
Bhai ko itna english bolne ka shock hai ki zyada bol deta hai..fir ake clear karta hai ki i didnt mean that.. remember he said something about ganguly..in english
— Avinab (@avinab16) April 9, 2023
Rinku surpassed that chapri's IPL career imo
— 𝙣 𝙚 𝙨 𝙝꧂ (@mid_619) April 9, 2023
His knock is bigger than Iyer frauds whole t20 career unreal disrespect to lord rinku this guy did
— Adamya (@adss__3010) April 9, 2023
Loving your tweets against gorilla and midli👍
— Akshat (@45electrified) April 9, 2023
Your agenda against Iyer 😭😭🙏
— Abhishek (@Abhi_Kohli123) April 9, 2023
Idli ka yahi sab kaam heen hai
— Anshul🕉️ (@Know_Dont_) April 9, 2023
From getting mocked for his English to winning impossible matches, Rinku Singh came a long way ❤👏 pic.twitter.com/2MvEnSCwYW
— Halsey 🇫🇮 (@Meandmyself017) April 9, 2023
