Srinagar: The young gun of Kolkata Knight Riders Rinku Singh has revealed what KKR owner and Bollywood superstar told him after Rinku hit those five consecutive sixes against Gujarat Titans.
In that game Rinku Singh hit five back-to-back sixes against Yash Dayal to pull off an unthinkable win.
Needing 29 in the final over, nobody gave KKR a chance. Umesh Yadav did his best and gave the strike to Rinku Singh on the first ball.
The left-handed batsman did the unthinkable and smashed his state teammate for five back-to-back big hits. The crowd went berserk as Rinku completed the chase for KKR.
Shah Rukh Khan, the co-owner of the franchise, was also in all awe of the cricketer and shared a special tweet for him.
“Sir (Shah Rukh Khan) called me after that. He was talking about my marriage. SRK said people call me for their marriage, I don’t go. Mein teri shaadi mein aunga naachne (I will come to your wedding to dance),” Rinku told Jio Cinema.
Rinku has continued his form for KKR and has scores of 58*, 18, 6, 53* and 18* since then. In the previous fixture against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Rinku’s 18 played a key part in the visiting side touching the 200-run mark. They defeated RCB at their home by 21 runs.
Rinku had first joined KKR in 2018 for Rs 80 lakhs and has been with them since then. He only played 4 matches in 2018. He was given only six chances over the next 2 seasons. Rinku stayed on the bench in IPL 2021. But the franchise had confidence in him and re-signed him for Rs 55 lakhs in IPL 2022 mega-auction.