The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) batter, Rinku Singh registered his name in the history books with his 21-ball 48 that helped Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) one of the most memorable wins in the history of the tournament. With 28 needed to win off five balls, when no one gave him a chance, the southpaw batter smashed five sixes in a row off left-arm fast bowler Yash Dayal to do the unthinkable and escaped with the heist of KKR.
Rinku’s onslaught brought back memories of Rahul Tewatia’s similar five sixes for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2020. It takes a lot of overshadowing a hat-trick from Rashid Khan, but Rinku ensured that the match belonged to him. His fifth and final six of the over, triggered euphoria in the KKR dugout. But as Rinku ran towards the dugout, a piece of commentary by Rohan Gavaskar earned him plenty of flak on social media. While the moment belonged to Rinku, Gavaskar went on about how poorly Dayal bowled.
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On air, as per the quotes in Hindustan Times, Rohan Gavaskar said, “This is why I say it’s a bowler’s game. He has bowled absolute rubbish over there, but we’ve been talking about Rinku Singh and how good he has been batting. Yesterday we were saying that if a batter goes at about a run-a-ball or at a strike-rate of 120, you are criticising him. A bowler goes for 31 and you say it’s Rinku Singh – he takes the plaudits. And that is why I keep saying this is a bowler’s game.”
With his exploits, Rinku joined an illustrious of batters to have hit five sixes in a single IPL over. Meanwhile, Dayal’s sorry of 0/79 is now the second-most expensive bowling figure in IPL innings, behind Basil Thampi’s 0/70 against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in 2018. Ishan Sharma, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, and Umesh Yadav conceded 66, 66, and 65 each respectively.
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Rohan Gavaskar’s on-air comments were ridiculed on social media as rubbish with some wanting him to be sacked from the IPL commentary panel. Others wished Rinku’s moment had either Ian Bishop or Ravi Shastri or let alone both calling the action together.
Sack @rohangava9 from commentary panel asap bcci . Absolutely ruined this iconic moment 😩 I'm glad that I was watching in hindi channel 😍
— Nikkypedia (@nikkypedia3) April 9, 2023
