Rinku Singh drags KKR to 155 with late assault
KKR were 73 for 6 in 11 overs, staring at a collapse and a below-par total. Then came Rinku Singh. He rebuilt quietly before exploding at the death, finishing unbeaten on 83 off 51 balls — his highest score in T20 cricket.
He held one end as wickets kept falling, before shifting gears late. His innings was controlled until it had to be brutal.
In the final over, Rinku turned the game on its head. He smashed four consecutive sixes — 6, 6, 6, 6 — lifting KKR to 155 for 7 from 20 overs. The over went for 26, with clean hits over the leg side and straight, leaving Digvesh Singh Rathi with no answer.
KKR collected 43 runs in the last two overs. From a position of trouble, it became a competitive total, almost single-handedly driven by Rinku.
Top order fails again as KKR slip early
The platform was not there. KKR were 31 for 3 in the powerplay and never quite recovered in the middle overs.
Ajinkya Rahane made 10 but never looked settled. Tim Seifert fell for a duck. Rovman Powell managed just 1.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi was out for 9 in a moment that shifted momentum further. Cameron Green made 34 and briefly steadied things, but fell trying to push on.
After that, wickets kept coming. At 93 for 7 in the 15th over, the innings looked done. Rinku had to farm the strike and take risks late.
Mohsin Khan leads LSG charge with five-for
The damage was done early by Mohsin Khan. His 5 for 23 broke the back of KKR’s batting. He removed key batters and never let them settle.
Mohammed Shami kept things tight without reward, finishing with 0 for 34. Prince Yadav bowled with control in the middle overs. George Linde chipped in with a wicket.
The bowlers worked in tandem. Pressure from one end, breakthroughs from the other. For most of the innings, LSG were ahead. Only the final overs changed that balance.
Raghuvanshi call adds to drama as questions remain
The dismissal of Raghuvanshi for obstructing the field remains the talking point. It came in the fifth over and left KKR unsettled. The call split opinion and added tension to the game.
In the end, it may still come down to those last two overs. Did Rinku’s 26-run final over shift the match? Or is 155 still short on this surface?
KKR have something now, because of one innings. Without it, this game was nearly gone by the 15th over.