The pair adds 54 out of 27 balls before Rinku serenely designs a last-ball win against Punjab Rulers
Andre Russell traveled back in time with a 23-ball 42.
Yet Rinku Singh by and by ended up being the hero in-boss by serenely switching Arshdeep Singh off his legs for a limit when the condition read two runs from one ball.
After nearly being derailed in the middle overs of a difficult chase of 180, Kolkata Knight Riders stayed in the hunt for the playoffs with this five-wicket victory over Punjab Kings at Eden Gardens.
Before cameos from Rishi Dhawan, Shahrukh Khan, and Harpreet Brar gave their innings a final push, a 53-run partnership between Jitesh Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan kept Punjab Kings in the hunt for a par score. KKR.
On the other hand, dominated Punjab Kings’ innings up until the final two overs. Sunil Narine had been unobtrusively bowled out for 0/29 by the sixteenth over.
Except for luring Sam Curran into top-edging a slog sweep, Suyash Sharma also conceded only 26 of his quota.
Be that as it may, the key blows were managed by Varun Cakaravarthy with his wrong’uns. In the 6th over of the game.
Liam Livingstone was arranging a major hurl however he was deceived by a googly that immediately settled him and collided with his cushions.
After that, in the thirteenth over, Jitesh Sharma attempted to run down a wide, good-length ball through the third man. But instead got an edge that Rahmanullah Gurbaz did a fantastic job of holding on to.
Shahrukh Khan got the better of Harshit Rana in the final over, picking a slower delivery and putting it way over the long-on boundary after he had given up 12 runs in his first two overs.
KKR raised the off-side field the following ball yet Harshit gave width. Permitting Khan to cut him behind point for a four.
That messed up Harshit’s lengths and in an over that cost KKR 21 runs. He gave up another boundary and a six off the final ball.
By striking a four off Arshdeep Singh and two boundaries off Rishi. Jason Roy got KKR’s chase off to an aggressive start.
Gurbaz, however, gave the momentum a boost by driving Arshdeep straight for a four and then sending him over deep fine-leg for a six, first shuffled across the stumps and then.
Through additional cover off the final ball, KKR quickly built a foundation for a determined pursuit after another boundary.
However, Gurbaz was completely bowled by Nathan Ellis in the fifth over. While Roy was stuck in the dirt in the eighth over.
With KKR needing 65 off 38, Russell comes in. Before Rinku hammered Ellis over deep square leg for a massive six. Ellis was heaved through wide midwicket for a boundary.
Russell went berserk in the 19th over, carving Curran for three sixes after Arshdeep was hit for 10 runs. KKR had reduced the score to 26 from 12, at which point Russell went berserk.