Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and India star batter Virat Kohli gifted Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and India’s upcoming middle-order batter Rinku Singh a bat following his aspect’s loss to two-time champions at their residence area of M Chinnnaswamy Stadium on Friday. KKR additionally posted an image of them on their official X deal with, tweeting, “The bond we like to see! : @RCBTweets.” Following Virat’s gesture, Rinku posted an Instagram story, thanking Virat for “recommendation” and the bat.

The bond we like to see! ????❤️

????: @RCBTweets pic.twitter.com/LacYaiSVPd

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) March 30, 2024

Virat is an all-time nice of the sport, having made 26,733 runs in 522 matches at a median of 54.11, with 80 centuries and 139 fifties. To many, he’s the successor of the Indian batting nice Sachin Tendulkar. The 35-year-old additionally leads the IPL’s all-time run-scoring checklist with 7,444 runs in 240 matches with seven centuries and 52 fifties. Although he has gained the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, and ICC Champions Trophy 2013 with Crew India, his aspect is but to put its palms on an IPL trophy.

Rinku, however, is a home cricket star from Uttar Pradesh, who shot to fame final 12 months by smashing Gujarat Titans’ Yash Dayal for 5 successive sixes within the remaining over to finish a tense 200-plus run chase.

The 2023 IPL season was a breakthrough one for him, scoring 474 runs in 14 matches at a median of 59.25 and a strike fee of just about 150. He scored 4 half-centuries. On this season, he has performed two matches and managed scores of 23 and 5* to this point.

His IPL stats are: 753 runs in 33 matches at a median of 35.86 and a strike fee of 142.08, with 4 fifties. His greatest rating is 67*. He signed with KKR in 2018 after spending time on the sidelines with Punjab Kings (PBKS) again in 2017.

Rinku has transformed his sensible IPL kind into good outings for India, scoring 356 runs in 15 matches and 11 innings at a median of 89.00 and a strike fee of over 176, with two fifties. His greatest rating is 69*. He has additionally scored 55 runs in two ODIs for India. With sturdy first-class numbers for UP, 3,173 runs in 47 matches at a median of 54.70, with seven tons and 20 fifties, Rinku might be India’s subsequent huge all-format star after Virat and Rohit Sharma, alongside the likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill.

After KKR gained the toss, they opted to subject. After shedding skipper Faf early, Virat Kohli had a 65-run partnership with Cameron Inexperienced (33 in 21 balls, with 4 boundaries and two sixes) and a 42-run stand with Glenn Maxwell (28 in 19 balls, with three fours and a six). Virat smashed an unbeaten in 59 balls, with 4 boundaries and 4 sixes and took RCB to 182/6 together with Dinesh Karthik (20* in eight balls, with three sixes) of their 20 overs.

Andre Russell (2/29) and Harshit Rana (2/39) have been the choose of the bowlers for KKR.

Within the run chase, Phil Salt (30 in 20 balls, with two fours and two sixes) and Sunil Narine (47 in 22 balls, with two fours and 5 sixes) put KKR to a effective begin with a quickfire 86-run stand in 39 balls. After Vyshak and Mayank Dagar (1/23 every) dismissed the openers, Venkatesh Iyer (50* in 30 balls, with three fours and 4 sixes) and skipper Shreyas Iyer (39 in 24 balls, with two fours and two sixes) guided KKR to a seven-wicket win with 19 balls to go.

Sunil gained ‘Participant of the Match’ on his five hundredth match for his knock of 47 and one wicket.

RCB is sixth within the factors desk with a win and two losses. They’ve simply two factors. KKR is at second with two wins in two video games, with 4 factors.

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