IPL 2023: Gujarat Titans in Rinku Singh’s storm, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated by 3 wickets, see photos
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After ‘Impact Player’ Venkatesh Iyer’s inning of 83 runs in 40 balls, Rinku Singh’s five sixes in the last five balls helped Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) win the Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 here on Sunday in a very exciting match. Defeated Gujarat Titans by three wickets. Rinku hit six sixes and a four during his unbeaten 48 off 21 balls.
Defending champion Gujarat, batting first, scored 204 runs for four wickets. KKR registered its second consecutive win by scoring 207 runs for seven wickets. KKR needed 29 runs to win the last over. Umesh Yadav (five not out) took a single off Yash Dayal’s first ball and gave strike to Rinku and the left-hander hit five consecutive sixes to give the team a memorable victory.
Dayal spent 69 runs in his four overs without any success. Apart from hitting eight fours and five sixes in his innings, Iyer shared a 55-ball 100-run partnership with captain Nitish Rana (45). Rana hit four fours and three sixes in his 29-ball innings.
After both of them returned to the pavilion, Rashid made Gujarat a strong hold on the match by dismissing Andre Russell (one run), Sunil Narine and Shardul Thakur on the first three balls of the 17th over of the innings. But Rinku’s incredible batting snatched the victory from the jaws of Gujarat. This is Gujarat’s first defeat in three matches.
Rashid took three wickets for 37 runs in four overs while Alzarri Joseph took two wickets for 27 runs. Mohammed Shami and Josh Little got one success each. Earlier, Vijay Shankar’s unbeaten 63 off 24 balls helped Gujarat score more than 200. Shankar hit four fours and five sixes in his unbeaten innings.
Gujarat scored 45 runs in the last two overs in which Shankar hit two fours and two sixes against Lockie Ferguson in the 19th over and three consecutive sixes against Shardul Thakur in the 20th over. For Gujarat, Sai Sudarshan contributed 53 runs in 38 balls while Shubman Gill contributed 39 runs in 31 balls. Both shared a 67-run partnership for the second wicket.
Sunil Narine was the most successful bowler of KKR. He took three wickets for 33 runs in four overs. Suyash Sharma (35 runs in four overs) got a breakthrough. Chasing the target, KKR did not have a good start. The opening pair of Rahmanullah Gurbaz (15) and Narayan Jagdishan (six) failed.
Iyer, who came in as an impact player in place of Suyash Sharma, hit a confident six against Shami in the third over. Continuing his aggressive attitude, he hit fours and sixes in consecutive balls against Yash Dayal in the seventh over. Captain Nitish Rana from the other end reduced the required run-rate by hitting two sixes against Joseph in the next over.
Iyer hit a spectacular six against Rashid Khan in the 11th over and hit a four against Dayal in the next over to complete his half-century and team’s century in 26 balls. Iyer and Rana increased Gujarat’s problems by hitting one six each in the same over. In the next over, Rana hit Rashid for fours on consecutive balls, completing a 54-ball century partnership between the two.
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