Rinku stars as KKR edge LSG in super over thriller

By Razeen Gutta

Rinku Singh was the difference as the Kolkata Knight Riders beat the Lucknow Super Giants in a tense super over finish in the IPL on Sunday.

The two bottom-placed teams finished tied on 155 after 20 overs each, forcing a tiebreaker.

Sunil Narine bowled for Kolkata and removed Nicholas Pooran first ball, before Rovman Powell’s shot was parried on the rope into Rinku’s hands.

With only one run scored, Lucknow set KKR a target of two.

Rinku needed just one delivery to seal it, wrapping up the lowest successful super over chase in history.

Rinku’s unbeaten 83 dragged KKR to 155/7 after Mohsin Khan’s brilliant 5-23 had left them struggling.

He smashed four straight sixes in the final over to make the total competitive.

Lucknow’s impact sub Himmat Singh’s 19 off 10 looked decisive before he picked out Rinku in the deep.

The chase was anchored by Aiden Markram (31) and Rishabh Pant (42), but wickets fell steadily.

Markram was caught by a juggling Rinku on the rope, Pant gloved behind to Tim Seifert and Ayush Badoni’s 24 ended with another Rinku catch.

George Linde also fell to him, taking his match tally to four grabs.

Drama peaked in the last over when Kartik Tyagi bowled two beamers, allowing Mohammed Shami to hit the final ball for six and level the game.

Akshat Raghuwanshi’s controversial obstructing-the-field dismissal added to the tension.

Narine finished with 1-23 in regulation before his super over heroics as KKR snatched a vital win that sends them up to five points in eighth place.

Pictured above: Rinku Singh

Source: @kolkataknightriders