New Delhi. Rinku Singh is emerging as the match finisher of Team India. He is known for his explosive batting. But in the third and final T20 against Sri Lanka, Rinku did wonders in bowling. He turned the match in his favor by taking 2 wickets in just one over. In this match, Rinku has emerged as a bowling star. When the host Sri Lankan team was moving towards victory while chasing the target of 137 runs for 8 wickets, captain Suryakumar Yadav handed the ball to Rinku. At that time the Lankan team needed 9 runs from 12 balls.
26-year-old right-arm off-spinner Rinku Singh did not disappoint his captain. He took two wickets in his only over. In this, he gave only three runs and took the wickets of Kusal Perera and Ramesh Mendis. Then after 20 overs, due to the score being equal, the match went into the super over in which India was the winner. Rinku later admitted that Suryakumar Yadav had already told him that he might have to bowl if needed.
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‘Surya told me to be ready to bowl in the series’
In a video posted on the website of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), he said, ‘I have taken a lot of wickets in domestic cricket. I have also taken a wicket in ODIs. Surya had told me to be ready to bowl in the series. Although I had not bowled before this match. But Surya bhai had told me to keep practicing my bowling.’ India whitewashed hosts Sri Lanka 3-0 in the three-match T20 series.
‘It was God’s plan that we got those two wickets’
Rinku Singh said, ‘I did not expect that I would be asked to bowl during the match because the situation was very delicate. But they asked me to bowl. And when I started bowling, it was God’s plan that I got two wickets.’
Tags: IND vs SL, Rinku Singh, Surya Kumar Yadav
FIRST PUBLISHED : July 31, 2024, 22:48 IST