‘Rinku’s is such an incredible story’

Updated On: 20 May, 2022 07:25 AM IST | Navi Mumbai | SS Ramaswamy

KKR’s outgoing head coach Brendon McCullum praises middle-order batter for heroics that nearly helped overhaul Lucknow’s massive 210 for no loss on Wednesday; insists franchise will invest in Singh through the next few years

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Brendon McCullum and KKR`s Rinku Singh

Outgoing head coach of Kolkata Knight Riders, Brendon McCullum, had encouraging words for KKR’s unheralded middle-order batter Rinku Singh, who nearly took them across the line against Lucknow Super Giants at the DY Patil Stadium on
Wednesday night.

Rinku scored a blistering 40 off 15 balls, laced with four sixes and two fours, before getting out on the penultimate ball as KKR finished on 208-8, just two runs short of their chase of 210. The Knight Riders needed three runs from the last two balls when Marcus Stoinis had the super-charged Rinku caught brilliantly at short extra cover with a leaping left-handed effort by West Indian Evin Lewis before castling new batter Umesh Yadav with an inch-perfect yorker to provide Lucknow a two-run victory and a place in the four-team play-offs.

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