Fast-bowler Yash Dayal found himself at the receiving end of one of the best knocks of all-time in T20 cricket on Sunday (April 9) when his Uttar Pradesh teammate Rinku Singh blew him away.
Yash Dayal was given the task of defending 29 runs in the final over during the contest between Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad. Titans’ stand-in skipper Rashid Khan had put his team well on top by taking a hat-trick in the 17th over when he sent back Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Shardul Thakur.
With the tail exposed and only Rinku Singh as the recognised batsman at one end, the match was Titans’ to lose. And they went on to lose the clash thanks to Rinku Singh’s unbelievable batting. On the first ball of the last over, Dayal conceded a single that saw Umesh Yadav give the strike to Rinku.
Dayal then needed to avoid getting hit for a boundary on just one of the remaining 5 balls to win the clash for his team. However, Rinku dashed his hopes by smashing him for 5 consecutive sixes as KKR registered a miraculous win on the very last ball of the game.
Rinku remained unbeaten on 48 off 21 balls. And 40 of those 48 runs came in the last 7 deliveries he faced. Before taking Dayal to the cleaners, Rinku had ended the 19th over by hitting Josh Little for a six and a four.
Rinku Singh scored 40 runs in 7 consecutive balls – 6466666 – the most by a batter in IPL history. #GTvKKR #IPL
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 9, 2023
Rinku Singh’s Instagram post goes viral:
Soon after Rinku Singh took his state teammate Yash Dayal to the cleaners, one of his recent posts on Instagram went viral. The post had an interaction between Rinku and Yash.
Rinku had made the post after KKR’s terrific win over Royal Challengers Bangalore last week. In that game too, KKR registered an unlikely win. After being reduced to 89 for 5, the two-time IPL winners went on to score 204 for 7 before bowling out Royal Challengers Bangalore for just 183.
Rinku had played a key role in that match too. The left-handed batsman scored 46 and shared a 102-run stand with Shardul Thakur for the sixth wicket. Following the game, Rinku took to Instagram to express his delight over the victory and thank the fans for their support.
Dayal had commented on that post, writing: “Big player bhai” followed by a fire and heart emojis. Rinku had responded to that comment too with a heart emoji. And following Sunday’s match, the post has gone viral on social media platforms with fans sharing the screenshot of the same. Dayal’s comment has already garnered over 3,000 likes and over 100 comments.
Here is the interaction between the two players on Instagram:
The win was KKR’s second of the season in three games. The Titans, on the other hand, suffered their first defeat of the season after winning their first two games.
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