Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) batter, Rinku Singh hit an outstanding six against the Rajasthan Royals (RR) pacer, Kuldeep Sen in Match 47 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 on Monday, which was ‘the shot of the day’ according to the English commentary panel. It was kind of an unorthodox paddle flick by Rinku in the 16th over, which was bowled at 141 kph at his legs before the ball got dispatched.
KKR looked in complete control against Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Chasing a below-par target of 153, they were 107/3 at the end of 15 overs, needing 46 off the last 5 overs with seven wickets in hand. Nitish Rana played a phenomenal knock of 38 off 29 balls, alongside Rinku Singh, who was on eight off six balls. The latter, on the second ball of the next over, bowled by Kuldeep Sen, brought in an outstanding shot.
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It was a 141 kph delivery by Kuldeep on Rinku’s legs. Rinku Singh walked towards the inside the ball and whipped away uppishly over fine leg for six. It was kind of a paddle flick for a six by Rinku, which was termed as the ‘shot of the day’ by English commentators. With that shot, the equation came down to more in favor of KKR, who was on the verge of a victory after five defeats on the trot.
Here is the brilliant shot played by Rinky Singh:
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Aaron Finch, Anukul Roy, Shreyas Iyer (c), Baba Indrajith (wk), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi.
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Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (c) (wk), Karun Nair, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Here is how the fans reacted:
Rinku SIngh with the six, all hail KingKu 👑
— Sohom ᴷᴷᴿ (@AwaaraHoon) April 23, 2022
Rinku Singh looks so much like Kohli.#KKRvRR
— Glorified Dakait (@BalakHasta) May 2, 2022
Rinku singh c'mon
— SRIRAM (@iamsriram4) May 2, 2022
This is how johns would tweet:
Good shot by Rinku Singh, smashing bowlers everywhere.— Boe Jiden (@BoeJidenJr) May 2, 2022
One man and millions of fans
Rinku singh ❤
— 🐐 (@iamrahull_) May 2, 2022
Rinku singh is >>>>Virat
— Ak🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 (@ggfyyfthvgyu) May 2, 2022
In total awe of this shot by Rinku Singh 🥵💜 pic.twitter.com/oBbMQUNpu2
— Sohom ᴷᴷᴿ (@AwaaraHoon) May 2, 2022
Rinku singh is one of the fittest, good hitter of ball… Does he deserves to play for india? #KKRvsRR
— Pure archer (@pure_archer7733) May 2, 2022
Rinku Singh win this match boy.
Prove your worth outside fielding too. ❤️#KKRvsRR— Yaman (@Oye_lambu) May 2, 2022
