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During the match against Rajasthan Royals (RR), Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh were the architects of a clinical win for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), who had lost their five previous fixtures in IPL 2022. The two men added an unbroken 66-run partnership for the fourth wicket in just 6.2 overs. While Rana remained unbeaten on 48, Rinku was adjudged ‘Man of the Match’ for his 23-ball 42 not out.
Opting to bowl first, KKR got an immediate boost when Umesh Yadav dismissed Devdutt Padikkal in the third over of the innings. Jos Buttler, the leading run-scorer in IPL 2022♚, could not find any kind of rhythm and departed after a slow 22.
RR captain Sanju Samson (54) then led from the front, scoring a half-century against the disciplined KKR bowling attack while Shimron Hetmyer (27 not out off 13) played a ca🎃meo to take their side to 152-5.
Brief scores: Rajasthan Royals 152-5 i🐠n 20 overs (Sanju Samson 54, Shimron Hetmyer 27; Tim Southee 2/46) lost to Kolkata Knight Riders 158-3 in 19.1 overs (Shreyas Iyer 34, Nitish Rana 48*, Rinku Singh 42*) by 7 wickets.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Lauding the lions!! Superb innings by and 💪 finished it off in great style! ﷽Congrat🦹ulations on such a great victory.
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
Great win 👏🏼👏🏼
— Mohammad Nabi (@MohammadNabi007)
Delighted to watꦏch inning today. Wonderful young batsman from UP, player to watch out for i♔n the future
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
Rinku sing🎃h well done youngster 👏. Played Some beautif꧟ul shots during this innings.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Rinku Singh in : 35(28), 23(16) & 42*(23) – he is just 24 years old and has been a game changer with bat for KKR.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
RINKU 😍
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders)
A well deserved🌊 Player of the Match award for Rinku Singh for his brilliant knock of 42* as win by 7 wickets.
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
And now reveling in Rinku Singh's success with as much joy and pride as his father would. And that's another reason he is so likeable as a commentator. And it's such a genuine happiness in his voice.
— TheRandomCricketPhotosGuy (@Ran⛦domCricketP1)
Really like Rinku Singh. Excellen𒆙t in the field and showing a c🍰alm head in the chase.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
So so happy for Rinku Singh. Deser✤ves every bit of it! Was in smashing form for Uttar Pradesh and continuingဣ it for KKR
— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan)
