MS Dhoni and Rinku Singh. (KKR/Twitter) Kolkata Knight Riders rode on half centuries from its captain Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh to beat Chennai Super Kings by six wickets in the Indian Premier League on Sunday.
Singh (54) smashed his third half century of the season before getting run out as Kolkata strolled to 147-4 with nine balls to spare.
After the match, the CSK players, including MS Dhoni, took a lap around the Chepauk and interacted with the fans.
Rinku Singh was among the lucky few who received a special gift from Dhoni.
The left-hander had his KKR jersey signed by Dhoni and KKR social media shared a collage of the same.
Signing off for the night in style! 💜💛 pic.twitter.com/XpWE1ZGYBs
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) May 14, 2023
Earlier, Chennai got squeezed for 144-6 on a slow surface with spinners Sunil Narine (2-15) and Varun Chakravarthy (2-36) doing most of the damage after captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and chose to bat first.
The ploy to bring Chakravarthy in the powerplay earned Kolkata the key wicket of Ruturaj Gaikwad (17), and Ajinkya Rahane (16) also holed out at long off while going for a big hit against the spinner in the eighth over.
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