Rinku Singh: ‘I get pleasure from fielding greater than batting’: Rinku Singh after his fielding heroics assist KKR beat RR by 1 run | Cricket Information

Rinku Singh celebrates the win together with his teammates on the Eden Gardens. (Pic credit score: IPL)

NEW DELHI: Rinku Singh delivered a match-defining fielding efficiency as Kolkata Knight Riders edged Rajasthan Royals by only one run in a dramatic end at Eden Gardens on Sunday, preserving their IPL 2025 playoff hopes alive.
With Royals needing three runs off the ultimate ball, Shubham Dubey hit the ball to long-off and known as for 2. However Rinku, patrolling the boundary, sprinted in, picked up cleanly, and fired a one-bounce throw to Vaibhav Arora, who calmly eliminated the bails to catch a diving Jofra Archer wanting his crease. It sealed a one-run win and triggered wild celebrations from the KKR camp.
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Rinku’s outfield brilliance had earlier saved a boundary within the nineteenth over with a full-length dive — an effort that proved decisive within the context of a high-scoring thriller.
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“It was necessary to avoid wasting that (18.2) boundary. This is without doubt one of the quickest outfields in India. It’s my position to do nicely within the outfield, I wish to take the accountability,” Rinku mentioned after the win. He added, “I get pleasure from my fielding, most likely greater than my batting.”

With the bat, Rinku additionally chipped in with an important cameo — an unbeaten 19 off 6 balls — to assist KKR end on 206/4. Andre Russell, rediscovering type, bludgeoned 57 not out off 25 balls with six towering sixes.
“Russell scored some essential runs, he hasn’t been among the many runs this season… the stage was set,” Rinku added. “We’re taking one recreation at a time, not considering an excessive amount of of the long run.”
The win lifted KKR to fifth within the standings with 11 factors.