Kolkata Knight Riders registered a memorable win against Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Sunday.IPL) Courtesy Rinku Singh. The pocket-sized dynamo stunned one and all with his amazing hitting in the final over to chase down the target. KKR needed 29 runs in the last over and victory looked impossible at that point. But Rinku believed in himself and played a blistering knock off the last five balls and hit 5 consecutive sixes to take his team home in one of the most dramatic fashions ever in IPL history. In the process, Rinku Singh created some incredible records that have stayed with him forever.
Here are the records Rinku Singh created with his blitzkrieg in IPL 2023 vs GT:
31 – Chasing the target, KKR scored 31 runs in the last over. This is the most number of men’s T20 wins by any team chasing a target. Deccan Chargers had set the previous record by scoring 26 runs in the last over against KKR in 2009 when 21 runs were needed in the last over.
29 – KKR needed 29 runs in the last over to win the match against GT. This is the most runs successfully conceded in the 20th over by any team in a men’s T20 match. The previous highest in this aspect was 23 – by Sydney Sixers against Sydney Thunder in 2015 and Rising Pune Supergiants against Punjab Kings (then Kings XI Punjab) in 2016.
2 – This is the second time in men’s T20 matches when more than 30 runs have been scored in the chase in the 20th over. KKR scored 31 runs thanks to Rinku Singh, while earlier in 2015 Somerset scored 34 against Kent in a T20 Blast match.
41 – Rinku Singh added 41 runs to his individual score in the last two overs of the innings. These are the joint fourth most runs by a batsman in IPL. Ravindra Jadeja (44) Virat Kohli (44) and KL Rahul (42) There are players in the top three in this aspect. Before Rinku Singh Vijay Shankar The game also saw 41 runs scored in the last two overs of the first innings.