KKR vs GT: The 16th season of the Indian Premier League has been an exciting one thus far because the fans have witnessed some amazing games. Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders squared off in Match 13 at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium, and it was business as usual.
Sai Sudharsan, Vijay Shankar, and Venkatesh Iyer all had outstanding batting efforts in this game, but Rashid Khan stole the show with a hat-trick at a pivotal moment. The 24-year-old, who served as the team’s captain, turned the match around by taking the precious heads of Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, and Shardul Thakur.
With Russell and Rinku Singh at the crease, KKR was on 155/5 after 16 overs and needed 50 runs in the next 24 balls to win the game. KKR was the favourite to win the match based on their performance in the previous game.
Rashid Khan, however, had other plans, as on the very first ball of his over, he dismissed the dangerous Russell for just 1(2). After the second ball of the over was holed out to deep mid-wicket, Narine was next in line. After Thakur, the player of the match in the previous game was bowled the wrong one, the wrist spinner pulled out his most devastating weapon from his arsenal and trapped him in front of the stumps to complete a hat-trick.
Rashid became the 19th bowler overall to accomplish the feat, and it was the 22nd hat trick taken in the history of the IPL. Nevertheless, the story took a different turn since Rinku Singh was still at the crease, giving the KKR camp some semblance of hope.
Rinku Singh orchestrated an unlikely victory for KKR.
As Umesh Yadav was on strike and KKR needed 29 runs off the final over, it appeared that the game was almost over. In response to the first ball from Yash Dayal, the seamer returned the strike to Singh. After then, it was complete mayhem as Singh hit five straight sixes off the final five balls to help Kolkata pull off a remarkable triumph.
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