There are continuous discussions and debates regarding Rinku Singh’s place in Team India. Sometimes he is getting a place in the T20 team and sometimes he is suddenly being dropped. Despite being in the team many times, he was not being selected for the role of finisher. But despite this Rinku is not leaving any chance to prove herself. He presented a glimpse of his intelligence, courageous batting and finishing in the UP T20 League, where Rinku, as captain, played a match-winning inning for Meerut Mavericks.
This miracle of Rinku Singh’s bat was seen in the 8th match of the new season of UPT20 league being played at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. In this match, Lucknow Falcons batted first and scored 183 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. For Lucknow, Ajit Verma scored the highest score of 53 runs, while opener Mohammad Saif also played a strong inning of 45 runs. After this it was Meerut’s turn but the team’s batting collapsed badly.
Meerut was standing on the verge of defeat
The team’s first three batsmen returned to the pavilion on just 22 runs, while 5 wickets had fallen till 82 runs. Defeat seemed certain but with captain Rinku at the crease, there was still hope. Rinku started handling the innings from one end and kept taking the team forward. But when 16 overs were over, it started raining and by this time Meerut’s score was only 128 runs. The team was 21 runs short of crossing the target score of 148 runs according to the Duckworth-Lewis rule.
One after another, Rinku Singh keeps sending them into the stands!
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Captain Rinku rolled the dice like this
In such a situation, Meerut was in danger of defeat. Then in the 17th over, captain Rinku changed the course of the match. In the first 4 balls of this over, Rinku hit 3 sixes and 1 four and scored 24 runs (two extras), taking the team to 152 runs and crossing the DLS score. This ensured the team’s victory. At this time the rain intensified and the match could not be restarted. Ultimately, Meerut Mavericks scored 154 runs in 16.5 overs and won the match by 5 runs as per DLS. Rinku Singh remained unbeaten after scoring 55 runs in just 24 balls, which included 6 sixes.
