The jaw-dropping moment took place in the clash between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Gujarat Titans (GT) at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday when Rashid Khan, the stand-in skipper of GT, had just taken a hat-trick to pull things back into his side.
The victory was looking far ahead for the touring party as the equation was down to 29 needed on six balls with only three wickets in hand. It could’ve been an easy task for Yash Dayal, who is not new to the cash-rich league thrillers. But the left-armer had no clue as to what Rinku was thinking.
After Umesh Yadav took a single on the first ball, Rinku activated his beast mode and slammed back-to-back five sixes to seal the deal for the Knight Riders. He stormed straightaway towards the dugout in celebration but was stopped halfway by his skipper, who was all over him as the celebrations began.
Earlier, Sai Sudharsan and Vijay Shankar powered the Titans to a massive total of 204/4 after Rashid won the toss and elected to bat. While Sudharsan smashed 38-ball 53, Shankar scored an unbeaten 63 from 24 deliveries, including 4 fours and 5 sixes.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
What an unbelievable game of cricket by @KKRiders
Needed 29 runs off the last over & enter @rinkusingh235
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— @BrettLee_58 (@BrettLee_58) April 9, 2023
If you can hit 5 brilliantly executed sixes when your team needs 29 runs to win from the final over and to top it up, you make Chandrakant Pandit excited….. you’ve surely done something very very special.
Take A Bow, @rinkusingh235pic.twitter.com/lomTKNZ1v4
— North Stand Gang – Wankhede (@NorthStandGang) April 9, 2023
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