IPL 2023: Uttar Pradesh cricketer sets precedent Knight star scored the most runs in the death overs in the current IPL.
Hyderabad: Andre Russell not getting runs. However, Rinku Singh (Rinku Singh) is covering Russell's failure in the lower middle order of Kolkata Knight Riders . Also against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday who dropped to number five and scored 46 off 35 balls. He is the highest scorer of KKR on this day. KKR managed to get a decent run on the scoreboard under the pressure of Rinku.
Uttar Pradesh cricketer set another precedent on this day. Knight star scored the most runs in the death overs in the current IPL. Statistics say that Rinku scored 161 runs in the death overs, i.e. in the last 4 overs of T20 matches. Strike rate 197.53. 5 sixes in 5 balls in the last over against Gujarat Titans made it into the fairy tale of IPL.
Shimron Hetmyer is number two in the list of most run scorers in the death overs in the current IPL . He scored 144 runs at a strike rate of 200. Tim David of Mumbai Indians scored 130 runs at a strike rate of 213.11. Dhruva Jurel is number four in the list. The Rajasthan Royals cricketer scored 115 runs at a strike rate of 205.35.
KKR (Kolkata Knight Riders) may be knocked out of the playoff race if they lose this match. A slim chance will survive if they lose, but will have to look to other teams. In this situation, KKR went to bat first against Sunrisers Hyderabad and lost 9 wickets and got 171 runs on the board . Rinku Singh once again gave confidence with the bat. He has scored the most runs in KKR's batting line-up. This left-handed batsman played an innings of 46 runs. Nitish Rana scored 42 runs. However, despite starting well , Andre Russell failed to score big runs.
Knight captain Nitish Rana won the toss and decided to bat first. Instead of David Wiese, Jason Roy and Rahmanullah Gurbaz 2 Bisferak batsmen were taken into the team by KKR. But neither of them got a run. Before opening the account, the Afghan wicketkeeper Byator returned to the pavilion. Roy has only 20 runs. Benkatesh Iyer scored 7 runs. After that, Nitish Rana and Rinku continued to move the team's scoreboard forward. Both continued to play. The strike rate continues to rise . Rana played an innings of 42 runs off 31 balls. The KKR captain hit 3 boundaries and 3 sixes in his innings. After Rana went back, Russell came and joined Rinku. Russell played an innings of 24 runs off 15 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 1 boundary. After that he went back. Despite the opportunity, the Caribbean batter could not score big runs.
Rinku was building his innings on the opposite side. Even added runs to KKR's scoreboard. However, Rinku's innings ended four runs short of the fifty. The left-handed batsman from Uttar Pradesh played an innings of 46 runs off 35 balls with the help of 4 boundaries and 1 six. KKR could not score more than 171 runs due to quick wickets in the lower order .