Xtra Time Web Desk: The bat with which Rinku Singh hit those five consecutive sixes against Gujarat Titan’s Yash Dayal in the IPL 2023 game in Ahmedabad on Sunday does not belong to him. The 25-year-old cricketer borrowed the bat from his best friend Nitish Rana. The Knight Rider’s captain revealed the secret of Rinku’s bat in a video shared by the franchise after the win at Narendra Modi Stadium.
With 28 needed off 5 deliveries, Rinku Singh hits five successive sixes to win it for Kolkata against Gujarat Titans. In a video posted by KKR on its social media handles, Rana was seen saying it was the same bat with which he has played the entire domestic season.
“Yeh mera match bat tha, dono match is se khela hun pura SMAT is se khela hun last year last ke 4-5 match is se khele hun aaj maine bat change kia. Rinku ne mujhse bat manga main dena nahi chata tha but koi andar se koi bat pick kar ke laya. Mujhe lag raha tha ki who yeh wala bat pick karega. Kyunki iska pick up bahut acha hai, aur yeh thoda light hai mere weight ke hisab se. Aur ab yeh rinku ka hi hai. Le liya usne mujhse (This was the bat I used in Syed Mushtaq Ali and in the last season as well. I never wanted to give it, and when he asked for a bat, I just told him go and pick one for you, and he picked this one, deep down I knew this he will pick this bat only and now the bat belongs to him),” said Rana.