Rinku earned a brand new moniker ‘lord’ from his teammate after he smoked 5 successive sixes within the ultimate over to take his group house within the last-ball mystery on the Narendra Modi stadium. Rinku remained unbeaten on 48 off simply 21 balls, hitting as many as six maximums in his whirlwind knock.
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“It was a nail-biting finish, extremely happy that we won the game. Our coach has always said that we can score 200 on any given day. Honestly, the wicket was quite good to bat. When the target is 200, you can ‘t have silent overs. I was just trying to execute my plans,” Iyer stated after the fit.
“Me and Nitish had a good partnership. Unfortunately, somewhere we lost our way but Lord Rinku saved the day. To be honest, we still believed that we could win. This teaches us that we should never give up until the last ball.”
Iyer stated the victory can be a “great morale-booster” for the group.
“We want to make winning a habit. I haven’t been in great form. Tonight, I went out and played as late as possible. The bowlers were quick and I tried to use their pace, and that worked to my advantage,” stated Iyer, speaking about his 55-ball 100-run stand with the KKR skipper Nitish Rana (45) for the 3rd wicket.
Gujarat Titans’ stand-in skipper Rashid Khanwho took the primary hat-trick of the season, additionally praised Rinku for taking part in an impressive innings when all odds have been stacked towards his facet.
Rinku got here in when KKR wanted 56 off 30 balls, however Rashid’s hat-trick virtually sealed the sport in want of Gujarat Titans.
However, the left-handed batsman didn’t surrender, hitting 5 sixes off as many balls from Yash Dayal within the ultimate over after hitting Josh Little for a six and a 4 within the ultimate two deliveries of the penultimate over.
“It’s a tough game for us, especially for me as a captain. You need 30 plus in the last over, the same thing happened for us last year when we won. We will learn from it, more importantly a good game of cricket and the fans would have loved it. It was more about what he is most comfortable with, to trust his (Yash Dayal) plans,” Rashid stated.
“Rinku played unbelievable shots and credit goes to him for the way he played and for the way he finished. Keep it simple, hit the right area consistently and that’s what T20 is all about.”
Rashid stated now and then even rankings of 250 aren’t secure together with his facet shedding the sport on Sunday night having scored 204/4 batting first.
“As a bowler I’m always trying to hit the right area. We got what we wanted. We wanted 190 and we got 200.
“As a bowling unit we were given sufficient to shield, however now and again in T20 even 250 does not glance excellent. Take positives from this, it is nonetheless early within the pageant and be informed from it,” he said.
(With inputs from PTI)