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Kolkata scored 31 runs in the final over to win
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Kolkata scored 31 runs in the final over to win. Rashid’s hat-trick was unsuccessful, and Rinku scored an unbeatable 48. Gujarat lost
On the strength of Rinku Singh’s five consecutive sixes in the final five balls of the game, Kolkata Knight Riders earned their second victory of the IPL-2023 on Sunday. In a thrilling match, the team defeated the defending champion Gujarat Titans by three wickets.
A team won the game for the first time in IPL history by hitting five sixes in the final five balls.
The final over required 29 runs from Kolkata. First ball of the 20th over saw Umesh Yadav take a single. Rinku Singh then smacked five straight sixes. It was Yash Dayal who bowled. As a result, Kolkata prevailed in the game by scoring 31 runs in the final over. Rinku pitched a 48 run, 21 ball inning to win the game. He was the game’s best player.
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The Kolkata team has moved up to second place in the points standings with this victory. He currently has 4 points.
Gujarat scored 204 for four in 20 overs while batting at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad after winning the toss and deciding to bat. The Kolkata team scored 207 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs while chasing a 205 run target.
The excitement of the final over…
- Umesh Yadav started off by taking a single by playing to the leg side.
- Second: Rinku Singh’s full toss over long off off Yash Dayal’s off stump, which went for a six.
- Third: Rinku pulls a low full toss from Dayal to the boundary with a deep backward square leg.
- In the fourth over, Dayal once more bowled a full toss, and Rinku hit a six over long off.
- Fifth: On a half-pitch outside the off-stump, Rinku hit a six over long-on.
- Sixth: Rinku’s six over long on the short ball gave the team the victory.
- The rush of scoring three goals.
Kolkata had six wickets in hand and needed 50 runs in 24 balls. Rashid Khan, the Gujarat captain, arrived to bowl in this circumstance. He made Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, and Andre Russell walk. Watch the points for Rashid’s wickets now.
First, Rashid had Russell caught by KS Bharat at the leg stump with a back of length googly ball. Russell attempted to play it in the off, but the ball caught the inside edge of the bat and landed in the wicketkeeper’s gloves.
Second: With the first ball of the 17th over, Rashid bowled a length delivery on the middle off stump. Narel attempted to hit the ball across the line but was unsuccessful and was caught by Jayant Yadav at deep mid-wicket.
Shardul Thakur was struck out on 16.3 balls in the third. On the googly ball of the middle-off stump, Rashid LBW’d him.
Super Sunday’s opening game was a thrilling one. Gujarat, the reigning champions, lost Wriddhiman Saha’s (17 runs) wicket for 33 runs. Shubman Gill (39 runs) and Sai Sudarshan (53 runs) took control of the innings in this situation by partnering for a half-century. His second half-century this year was scored by Sudarshan. After that, Vijay Shankar helped the team pass the 200-point threshold by scoring an unbeaten 63 off 24 balls.
Kolkata lost the first wicket for 20 runs while attempting to chase a 205-run target. Gurbaj (15 runs) was out at this point. When Joshua Little fired Jagdishan, the team might have been able to bounce back. (6 runs). By sharing a 100-run partnership on 55 balls, Venkatesh at number three and captain Nitish Rana at number four helped KKR escape a sticky situation. Nitish was out after scoring 45 runs in this situation. Venkatesh and Rinku Singh took the batting lead after the captain was removed. On 40 balls, Iyer scored 83 runs.
Rashid’s hat-trick helped the game turn around after Venkatesh was dismissed. Gujarat appeared to be winning handily at this point, but the excitement continued. The final over required 29 runs from Kolkata. For which Rinku Singh struck five sixes.
On 21 balls, Vijay Shankar scored a half-century.
The fourth half-century of Vijay Shankar’s IPL career was scored. Shankar has now reached his first half-century of the year. Sai needed 21 balls to reach his half-century. He made four fours and five sixes during this period.
With two changes, Vijay Shankar replaced Pandya in the game for Kolkata.
With two changes, the Kolkata team arrived. Tim Southee and Mandeep Singh have been replaced in the starting 11 by Narayan Jagdishan and Suyash Sharma, respectively, by captain Nitish Rana. Hardik Pandya has been replaced as Gujarat’s captain by Vijay Shankar concurrently. Ailing Pandya.
Credent TV Editorial Team
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