New Delhi: Kolkata Knight Riders are on a winning stint as they first beat RCB and then beat GT following the heroics of Rinku Singh. Amid their victory row, videos of their owner and Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan interacting with players have gone viral and are winning hearts on the internet.
After KKR won beat RCB by 81 runs, Shah Rukh Khan was seen interacting with the players in the dressing room as he motivated them and asked them to keep believing in themselves. A video of him interacting with Rahmanullah Gurbaz went viral, in which he can be seen shaking hands with the batter and speaking to him in his tongue.
خوند کوي چې د نړی شهرت لرونکو په ژبه د خپل وطني ژبې الفاظ اورم
It was nice meeting @iamsrk . Such a lovely person he is ? and could speak afghan language as well ?❤️ pic.twitter.com/rothWLVhpJ
— Rahmanullah Gurbaz (@RGurbaz_21) April 8, 2023
In another video, where he interacts with the team, he can be seen referring to Rinku Singh as his child. In the video, he can be seen saying to the players that they have listened to his dressing room speeches and that he won’t bore them this time.
? | King Khan’s message for our Knights ?@iamsrk #KKRvRCB #AmiKKR #TATAIPL2023 pic.twitter.com/e9YaWj7zLp
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 7, 2023
In the game against RCB, Gurbaz hit a fifty, but KKR was in deep trouble as they stood 89/5 in the 12th over. It was the 103-run stand between Rinku Singh and Shardul Thakur that helped them score 204. While Rinku scored 46 off 33, Shardul was the catalyst in guiding KKR to a 200+ score as he played a stunning knock of 68 off 29. In the second inning, Varun Chakravrthy picked four wickets while debutant Suyash Sharma got three to wrap RCB on 123.
In the game against GT, they got a target of 205 after the brilliance of Vijay Shankar who scored 63 off 24. While Venkatesh Iyer set the stage for KKR with his 83 off 40, they were pushed back with four quick wickets, including a hat-trick by Rashid Khan. With 28 needed off 5 balls, everyone rules KKR out of the game, but Rinku Singh smashed all five deliveries by Yash Dayal out of the park and won the game.
