Indian Premier League 2023 witnessed a sensational moment courtesy of star KKR batter Rinku Singh. It all happened when KKR needed 29 runs off the last 5 balls in a match against Gujarat Titans and Rinku Singh stunned the entire cricketing fraternity with unbelievable 5 consecutive sixes in the last 5 balls.
Meanwhile, Rinku recently relived those amazing moments in a video uploaded by a Twitter handle of the Indian Cricket Board – Domestic cricket. The young batter from Aligarh shared his exhilaration after hitting 5 fantastic sixes to secure a win for his team. He also discussed the atmosphere in his family following the announcement of his selection for the Indian squad in the upcoming Asian Games of 2023. The video of Rinku Singh, reliving his 5 sixes against Gujarat Titans, is now making rounds on social media.
Here’s the video:
Rinku Singh reliving his 5 consecutive sixes against Gujarat Titans.pic.twitter.com/zLjVzxU8hS
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) July 30, 2023
Rinku Singh to appear in his first international assignment for India in Asian Games 2023
Now, Rinku Singh might be in action with the senior men’s team of India in the upcoming Asian Games 2023. The Indian selectors had already announced the squad for the continental competition having the participation of 18 teams from Asia.
Young batter Ruturaj Gaikwad will be leading the team in the absence of senior players as they will be busy playing the ODI World Cup 2023 in India.
Here’s a look at the India squad for Asian Games 2023:
Ruturaj Gaikwad (C)), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahul Tripathi, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Shivam Mavi, Shivam Dube, and Prabhsimran Singh (WK)
Standby players: Yash Thakur, Sai Kishore, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, and Sai Sudarsan
Returning to Rinku Singh, the 25-year-old finally got his efforts paid off. He has a very good record with the bat in domestic cricket in all formats. Talking specifically of the T20 format, the young Southpaw has played 89 matches and came into bat in 81 innings, scoring 1768 runs with a good average of 30.48. He has also scored 10 half-centuries.