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Virat Kohli turns back the clock, with a ‘chase master’ performance

Virat Kohli turns back the clock, with a ‘chase master’ performance

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Synopsis: Virat Kohli’s masterful, unbeaten 105 off 60 balls leads RCB to a six-wicket win over KKR in Raipur. Virat Kohli came into Wednesday’s game under a bit of pressure after getting out for ducks in his previous two innings. So when he finally got off the mark off Saurabh Dubey’s last ball of the opening over against KKR in Raipur, the reaction said plenty – Kohli punched the air with a fist pump that showed how much it meant. Chasing 193 in Raipur, RCB needed Kohli to steady the innings and take the chase deep, something he has done countless times over the years. After a quiet start, the 37-year-old quickly settled into his rhythm. He flicked Vaibhav Arora through midwicket, punched another boundary square on the off side and then pulled Kartik Tyagi over deep fine leg for six as RCB kept up with the asking rate. Virat Kohli of Royal Challengers Bengaluru raises his bat after scoring a fifty during Match 57. (Photo by Sumeet Parmar / CREIMAS for IPL) There was …

Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh Powers KKR To 192/4 vs RCB in Raipur

Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh Powers KKR To 192/4 vs RCB in Raipur

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A solid partnership from Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Rinku Singh set up Kolkata Knight Riders to post 192 runs against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on May 13 at Raipur. Angkrish Raghuvanshi (71) and Rinku Singh (49*) played a crucial role in the side, posting a fighting total in a rain-affected game played on Wednesday. After being invited to bat first, Ajinkya Rahane and Finn Allen opened the innings while Bhuvneshwar Kumar opened the bowling attack. Despite a good start, the duo could not convert the start as Bhuvneshwar Kumar bagged the wicket of Finn Allen for 18 runs. He got dismissed on a length ball where he outside edge as Jitesh Sharma picked the catch behind the wickets. Meanwhile, Josh Hazlewood bagged the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane for 19 runs. He got dismissed on short and quick around off as the ball got top edged as Josh Hazlewood bagged the catch. With Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Cameron Green at crease, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 56 runs in the powerplay. Innings Break! The middle-order turn up to take #KKR …

The year that broke him, and the knock that didn’t

The year that broke him, and the knock that didn’t

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5 min readApr 27, 2026 09:45 AM IST Rinku Singh waited. He waited till he struck his weightiest knock of the season; he waited till he took five catches of varying levels of strain; he waited till he thrashed the winning runs himself in the Super Over. And then he uncorked his emotions. He leapt and swiped the air, he kissed the Ekana turf, baring its grainy black soil. He gazed forlornly at the skies. If a drop of tear rolled down his cheek, it blended with the sweat dripping off his temple. It has been a tough year for him. He lost his father during the T20 World Cup; he lost his spot in India’s playing eleven; his IPL form wobbled after the bright start, his club tottered at the bottom; he was quietly slipping out of public imagination; critics breathed down his neck. He needed a knock that could put a smile back on his face, and those of his supporters, one of relevance and substance, perhaps not so much to prove the …

‘When you’re desperate to win…’

‘When you’re desperate to win…’

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3 min readUpdated: Apr 27, 2026 08:40 AM IST Lucknow Super Giants’ fifth consecutive defeat in IPL 2026, in a Super Over thriller against the Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday, culminated in another ordinary batting display by Rishabh Pant’s side. Amidst the failures of a star-studded top order, Nicholas Pooran bore the brunt of sharp criticism for his twin failures in the regulation chase and the Super Over. Pooran, who walked in at No. 4 in a 156-run chase, fell for nine off 12 deliveries against Varun Chakaravarthy. The West Indian left-hander is enduring one of his poorest IPL seasons, just a year after slamming more than 500 runs in an edition for the first time in his career. Pooran has only aggregated 82 runs in eight innings, his 81.18 strike rate his lowest across seven years in the IPL. ALSO READ | 83 runs, 5 catches and hitting winning runs: A night Rinku made and a night made for Rinku Surprisingly, the LSG management opted to send Pooran out to open the batting in …

83 runs, 5 catches and hitting winning runs: A night Rinku made and a night made for Rinku | Cricket News

83 runs, 5 catches and hitting winning runs: A night Rinku made and a night made for Rinku | Cricket News

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Synopsis: Rinku Singh’s 83 trumps Mohsin Khan’s five-for as KKR pip LSG in Super Over thriller The calamities that ensued from a poor Powerplay were poised to dictate terms when Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants were set to meet again after a forgettable first half of the season. Poor starts from the openers have marred their run. So when two teams of weakened batting repositories clashed at the non-partisan Ekana, dullness and drama matched in equal measure across phases before the dust settled in a Super Over climax at midnight. On a black soil strip on Sunday, where LSG opted to bowl first, the ability to vary speeds was premium. But when Mohsin Khan skinned the KKR order with five wickets of unrelenting attack on both edges of the bat, the relative weakness of his team’s top order returned to bite them during an unoffending 156-run pursuit. AS IT HAPPENED | LSG VS KKR See-sawing comeback A generous smattering of two free hits and a boundary from an erring Kartik Tyagi’s final over …

From training in canvas shoes to repeating IPL heroics, Mumbai Indians’ pacer Ashwani Kumar restarts once again

From training in canvas shoes to repeating IPL heroics, Mumbai Indians’ pacer Ashwani Kumar restarts once again

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5 min readApr 21, 2026 07:45 AM IST Last year, when Punjab pacer Ashwani Kumar had played in his maiden IPL match for Mumbai Indians, the pacer from Jhanjhari village near Mohali had ended up with four wickets including wickets of Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Manish Pandey and Andre Russell in the match against the Kolkata side. On Monday evening, the 24-year-old once again ended up with four wickets in an IPL match with his spell of four for 24 during Mumbai Indians’ 99-run win over Gujarat Titans, Monday’s match was Kumar’s first match of this IPL season for the Mumbai side Kumar removed Titans’ batsmen Shubman Gill, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan and Shahrukh Khan in his spell and Kumar spoke about how he was thinking big ahead of his first match this IPL season and how he had the same performance last season too. “I was thinking of doing big in this match too. My thought was whatever match I will get, I will do better. Last year also, I …

Ashwin puzzled by Riyan Parag’s move to not bowl Ravindra Jadeja in death overs | Ipl News

Ashwin puzzled by Riyan Parag’s move to not bowl Ravindra Jadeja in death overs | Ipl News

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3 min readApr 20, 2026 12:27 PM IST After Rajasthan Royals lost by four wickets to Kolkata Knight Riders, Ravichandran Ashwin was critical of Royals captain Riyan Parag’s decisions in the second innings. In particular, Ashwin was stunned by Parag not handing the ball to Ravindra Jadeja in crunch situations at the death, despite theace all-rounder conceding just eight runs in his three overs. Parag had made some bold choices with the ball, like handing himself an over and then tossing the ball to Brijesh Sharma in the 18th and 20 overs for the first time in the IPL. “If you can give the 18th and 20th over to Brijesh Sharma for the first time in an IPL, then of course you can give the ball to Ravindra Jadeja!” Ashwin said on his Hindi YouTube channel Ash ki Baat. “What should I say about Riyan Parag’s decisions? The game was on the line, Ravindra Jadeja managed to get a false shot off Rinku Singh’s bat. If Nandre Burger had held on to that chance, the …

How Rinku Singh found runs, form and ended Kolkata Knight Riders’ winless streak | Cricket News

How Rinku Singh found runs, form and ended Kolkata Knight Riders’ winless streak | Cricket News

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Synopsis: Rinku Singh roars back to form as Kolkata Knight Riders end winless streak Chasing 150-plus on the Eden Gardens deck typically favours the batsmen, but with KKR’s batting line-up blowing hot and cold, it was always going to be a tricky affair. The hosts almost made a meal of the chase but a seventh-wicket partnership between Anukul Roy and Rinku Singh enabled their first win of the season When Anukul joined Rinku in the middle, Kolkata were already six wickets down with the latter looking rickety. The KKR vice-captain wouldn’t even be there if Nandre Burger had not dropped him on eight. But as the match raced towards its climax, shouts of ‘maar Rinku maar’ rippled from the stands. He duly obliged. The 19-run 16th over turned out to be the turning point. Both Rinku and Anukul slammed sixes, slashing the target down to 40 from four overs. Rinku continued the rampage, slapping Jofra Archer for two fours in the next over before Anukul brought down the equation to 9 off 6 in last …

Former India batter slams KKR tactics

Former India batter slams KKR tactics

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2 min readApr 18, 2026 10:57 AM IST Former India batter Manoj Tiwary slammed the Kolkata Knight Riders management for the poor handling of vice-captain Rinku Singh during the IPL 2026 season. Suffering their fifth defeat in six games against the Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad on Friday night, Tiwary questioned KKR’s decision to hold Rinku back in the batting order, even behind spin-bowling all-rounder Anukul Roy. Despite suffering a batting collapse, KKR only sent Rinku out to bat at number 7. The left-hander fell for one off two deliveries as the Titans bowled them out for 180 in 20 overs. ALSO READ | Why on earth is KKR reluctant to promote Rinku Singh higher up order? “We saw the changes they made to the batting order. Anukul Roy was sent ahead. When you promote him ahead of Rinku Singh, you are indirectly signalling him that we don’t trust you at all, and that is why we are sending Anukul Roy ahead of you. Rinku Singh has been your asset, and you are not sending him …

Why on earth is KKR reluctant to promote Rinku Singh higher up order? | Cricket News

Why on earth is KKR reluctant to promote Rinku Singh higher up order? | Cricket News

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4 min readUpdated: Apr 17, 2026 11:40 PM IST Before the national selectors and India’s team management firmed up the 15 that won the T20 World Cup earlier this year, a considerable amount of time had gone around the inclusion of Rinku Singh. The southpaw wasn’t among the first choice players with Shubman Gill ahead of him. But the latter struggles and India’s intent to go full throttle from the word go had prompted a question: If they lose wickets early in the powerplay, who is the best bet among the lot. The answer to that was Rinku. It is how Rinku made the 15-member cut for the T20 World Cup. Of course, India didn’t endure any such nightmare in the tournament and it allowed the left-hander to play the finisher’s role. And as Kolkata Knight Riders are struggling to get off the mark, with their batting unit showing no signs of being a settled unit, there is a key question that is emerging: Why is KKR reluctant to promote Rinku higher up the order, …