IPL 2023: Kolkata won with Rinku 5 sixes

IPL 2023: Kolkata won with Rinku 5 sixes

In the Indian Premier League (IPL), a thrilling match was played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Titans on Sunday evening. Batting first at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat scored 204 for 4 in 20 overs. In response, Kolkata had scored 176 runs for 7 wickets in 19 overs.

KKR needed 29 runs off the last 6 balls. Single came on the first ball and Rinku Singh hit 5 sixes in the remaining 5 balls to give Kolkata a thrilling 3 wicket win. Before him, Rashid Khan of Gujarat also took a hat-trick in the match. After the match was over, former KKR captain Shreyas Iyer congratulated Rinku and the team by making a video call.

Rinku hits 5 sixes and KKR wins

After Rashid's hat-trick, the target seemed to be moving away from Kolkata. Mohammed Shami gave only 5 runs in the 18th over, only 4 runs were scored in the first 4 balls of the 19th over, but Rinku Singh hit a four and a six in the last 2 balls. 29 runs were needed in the last over. Umesh Yadav took a single on the first ball.

28 runs were needed off the last 5 balls. Rinku was playing on a score of 18 runs in 16 balls. He hit long off, square leg, long on and 5 long sixes in the front on the remaining 5 balls of the over and won the match by 3 wickets for his team.

Rashid first IPL hat-trick

Chasing the target of 205 runs, Kolkata scored 155 runs in 16 overs. The target looked possible in front of hitters like Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, when Rashid Khan took a hat-trick in the first 3 balls of the 17th over. He dismissed Russell on the first ball of the over. Then Sunil Narine on the second ball and Shardul on the third ball LBW completed his hat-trick. This is Rashid's first hat-trick in IPL and fourth hat-trick in T20 cricket.

Rashid gave only 2 runs in that over and ended his 4 over spell with 3 wickets for 37 runs. Before getting the hat-trick, Rashid had given 35 runs without a wicket in 3 overs. After this over, Kolkata's score became 157/7 and they started seeing the need of 48 runs in 18 balls.

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