‘Rinku Bhaiya Zindabaad’: Shreyas Iyer says he had goosebumps after watching Rinku Singh’s five sixes

Not even the world’s best batters would have backed themselves to hit five consecutive sixes with their team requiring 28 from the last five balls, but KKR’s left-handed Rinku did exactly that, producing a terrific knock that will be remembered and talked about for years.

Special video call from Shreyas 💜

🗣️”…𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘳 𝘬𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘮 𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘢!” 💪#GTvKKR | #AmiKKR | #TATAIPL 2023 | @rinkusingh235 | @NitishRana_27 | @ShreyasIyer15 https://t.co/4JPK39TxPy pic.twitter.com/tEnaFu5i3a

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 9, 2023

The video of the call was shared by KKR’s official social media handles where this season’s skipper Nitish Rana was also seen saying, “Teri bahut yaad aa rhi hai bhai. Rinku was saying last year ki tarah chhodunga nhi is baar. Khatam karke aaunga. (We are terribly missing you. Rinku was saying I will not spare anyone. Will not stop until I finish).”

To which Iyer said,”Flashback aa rhi hai samne.”

The Titans, reigning IPL champions, looked to have wrapped up victory after Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan claimed a hat-trick to leave Kolkata reeling at 155-7 in the 17th over.

With Kolkata needing 29 runs off the final over, Yash Dayal was handed the ball and after Umesh Yadav took a single off the first delivery, Rinku cut loose.

The 25-year-old capitalised on three full tosses to clear the ropes before smashing the final two balls from outside off stump over the long-on boundary as Kolkata won by three wickets.