New Delhi. Kolkata Knight Riders have continued their explosive performance in the Indian Premier League. Made the second highest score in the history of the team tournament against Delhi Capitals. After openers Sunil Narine and Andre Russell, Rinku Singh had an explosive innings. After winning the toss, captain Shreyas Iyer chose to bat first and the team scored 272 runs at the loss of 7 wickets. In this, the runs scored by Rinku Singh at a strike rate of 325 were important.
Everyone was waiting for the match between Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders. Shreyas Iyer, who had captained Delhi, was facing against his own old team. Iyer chose to bat after winning the toss against Rishabh Pant. Sunil Narine hit a blazing fifty of 85 runs in just 39 balls, hitting 7 fours and as many sixes. In this match, Kolkata had scored 150 runs in just 11 overs. Everyone was waiting to see whether this team would be able to break the biggest score in IPL history made by Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Innings Break!@KKRiders post 272/7 in the first innings
A mountain to climb for Delhi Capitals, can they chase this down?
Stay tuned for the mighty chase!
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Rinku Singh played a fast innings
In this season’s match played against Mumbai Indians on March 27, he broke the record of the highest score in IPL history by scoring 277 runs. Kolkata Knight Riders team was moving towards breaking it. She missed doing so by just 5 runs, behind which was the wicket of Rinku Singh. Scored 26 runs on just 8 balls with the help of 1 four and 3 sixes at a strike rate of 325. Rinku, who was dealing sixes, lost his wicket otherwise this score would have been easily crossed.
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Tags: IPL 2024, KKR vs DC, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rinku Singh
FIRST PUBLISHED: April 3, 2024, 22:33 IST