New Delhi: The Indian cricket team is getting some much-needed redemption against the Australian team, who defeated them in the ICC World Cup 2023, finals earlier, this month.
Indian team with the help of their explosive batting prowess have managed to outclass the Aussies in both the T20Is, played so far in the 5-match series.
India registered a narrow 2 wickets win in the first match, and a huge 44 runs victory in the second, and despite the magnitude of the match being different in both matches, there was one name common in both the match, i.e., Rinku Singh.
The Uttar Pradesh-based cricketer was the one who held their nerve in the final moments of the first T20I where he took India home in a last-ball thriller and scored an impressive 22 not out in 14 balls.
Rinku Singh providing the finishing touch once again 😎
25 runs off the penultimate over as 200 comes 🆙 for #TeamIndia 👌👌#INDvAUS | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/hA92F2zy3W
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 26, 2023
Rinku continuing his form from the first T20i, took on the Aussie bowlers in his crosshair once again in the second T20i, where he played yet another impressive short but impactful innings of 31 not-out in just 9 delivers, which includes his 25 runs 19th over against Sean Abbott.
The new finisher
Rinku Singh is showing the shades of former Indian great MS Dhoni, with his cameos, as just like MS, he is keeping his calm during the final overs, and backs his big-hitting abilities to maximize the last 2 or 3 overs of the innings in his favour.
Suryakumar Yadav said, “Rinku Singh in the last two overs, giving that finish. It reminds us of someone”. pic.twitter.com/ZeTTa7YYtc
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 27, 2023
The similarities are so visible that the Indian skipper for the series, Surya Kumar Yadav, during the post-match conference, while praising Rinku said, “When I saw Rinku come in to bat in the last game, the composure he showed was brilliant. It reminded me of someone. Everyone knows the answer.”
Netizens react
The netizens on X (Formerly known as Twitter), also can’t help themselves but admire the young upcoming star of Indian cricket.
Check out their reactions below:
About Last Night ft. Rinku 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙄𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩 Singh! 🔥💪 pic.twitter.com/5LIVcumxJG
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) November 27, 2023
#INDvAUS 2nd T20I ( A Meme Thread🧵)
Lord Rinku singh pic.twitter.com/rXB9pIaXWk
— memes_hallabol (@memes_hallabol) November 27, 2023
Rinku Singh in T20I for India:
– 38(21)
– 37*(15)
– 22*(14)
– 31*(9)Make some noise for the Finisher. 🫡 pic.twitter.com/fSeLP04Gux
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) November 26, 2023
rinku singh struggling life story! #RinkuSingh pic.twitter.com/XlHEToYTbi
— Madhav Singh ✨ 💙 ✨ (@SendMadhav) November 26, 2023
RINKU SINGH – THE FINISHER. 🫡
A future star in loading for India. pic.twitter.com/4gzYdJbVOK
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) November 26, 2023
Agree or not Indians 🇮🇳 are watching this T20i series because of LORD 👑 RINKU SINGH.
The biggest crowd puller right now.
Rinku – The brand 🔥 pic.twitter.com/jQ5qkJPkFq
— Pull-Shot™ (@cricket_st92798) November 27, 2023
•Suryakumar Yadav said – “The way Rinku Singh shows calmness and composure and the he finishes games he reminds me on someone”.
•Murli Karthik – Who’s reminding you?
•Suryakumar Yadav:- “Everyone knows who’s reminds me, than man who has done for India for so many years”. pic.twitter.com/WTRQqG9rnU
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) November 26, 2023
This world belongs to Rinku Singh, we’re just living in it.
pic.twitter.com/JQrufdQFjO— 🐰 (@firki07) November 26, 2023
Rise to fame
Rinku Singh who has been part of KKR since 2018, had to wait some time to prove his quality as in his first three seasons with the team, he only gets to play 10 matches, where he was only able to notch up 77 runs.
He bought back again in the 2021 auctions and he got to play 7 matches and ended up scoring 174 runs in the season.
The stats were not great but was enough to get him more match time in the following season.
After, a few injury scares, KKR gave Rinku the opportunity to prove himself once again, and this time he grabbed it with both hands.
After all the heroics of Rinku Singh in IPL and International cricket this remains to be the only tweet by this Shit franchise about him. Those 5 sixes made them jealous as hell.
Unreal insecurity 😂🤣pic.twitter.com/gXBFBU4sOP https://t.co/faqKUaRCNM— Pakhi (@baabi_98) November 26, 2023
Rinku sought out to fame when he struck 5 sixes in 5 balls against Gujrat Titans when his team required 28 to win from the 5 balls.
Rinku used that inning as his morale booster and ended up scoring 474 runs in the season, which saw him fulfilling his biggest team of representing his country at the international level come true.
