Today, Rinku Singh has become a name whose mention will be on the front page of IPL 2023. Kolkata Knight Riders’ journey in IPL 2023 is completely over after the defeat against Lucknow Super Giants. But this season will start a new journey for Rinku Singh. Today, i.e. on May 20, both teams were playing their last league stage match.
Kolkata could win this match and make it to the playoffs. But LSG has cemented its place by dashing its hopes. Kolkata needed to score 177 runs to win; the openers also made blistering starts. At the same time, thanks to Rinku Singh, Kolkata was just one run short of victory.
Rinku Singh Kept Hope Of Victory Till The End
First of all, let’s talk about the match; in this match played at the Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata, the spinners dominated. Quinton de Kock and Prerak Mankad could not convert their starts into big innings. At one point, Lucknow looked to be struggling even to score 150 runs. But Nicholas Pooran changed the course of the match as soon as he entered the field.
He scored 58 runs in just 30 balls. Due to this, Lucknow scored 176 runs at the loss of 8 wickets. While chasing this target, Kolkata started aggressively. Venkatesh Iyer and Jason Roy shared a 61-run partnership for the first wicket, but Kolkata’s innings fell apart badly when Iyer was dismissed on the 5th ball of the 6th over.
Captain Nitish Rana, Andre Russell and Jason Roy departed after scoring 8, 45 and 7, respectively. In the end, Rinku Singh played an inning of 67 runs in 33 balls. But it was not enough to win his team. However, despite this, Rinku (Rinku Singh) has looted the fair on social media.
