Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) registered their first win after four consecutive defeats by defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 21 runs in the 36th match of IPL 2023. KKR’s star batsman Rinku Singh got to see a new look after winning the match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. After the match, Rinku was seen touching the feet of RCB captain Virat Kohli. This video of Rinku is becoming very viral on social media.
At that time, KKR restricted RCB to 179/8 in 20 overs and secured the crucial two points by winning the match by 21 runs. Immediately after the match, when the players of both teams were shaking hands with each other, Rinku went up to RCB captain Virat Kohli and was seen touching his feet. However, soon after this, former Indian captain Virat embraced the young player Rinku.
Rinku is in tremendous form in IPL 2023 and has been in the headlines since the beginning of the season. He became most famous when he gave KKR an incredible victory by hitting five consecutive sixes in five balls in the last over of Yash Dayal in the match against Gujarat Titans.
On Wednesday, too, Rinku showed why he is one of the biggest stars in T20 cricket. Rinku, who came to bat in the 18th over in the match against RCB, hit a six off three balls and then two consecutive fours in the over of fast bowler Mohammed Siraj.
Rinku thrashed Mohammed Siraj fiercely in the 19th over. Rinku hit a brilliant six on the first ball of the over and then hit two fine fours in the successive two balls to make RCB captain Virat Kohli smile. He scored 18 runs in 10 balls and took KKR to 200 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs.
This season, Rinku has hit 18 sixes in 8 matches. He is the third-highest sixes batsman in the current season. At number one is Faf du Plessis, who has hit 27 sixes. The second number is Glenn Maxwell, with 23 sixes.
