Rinku Singh: ‘I enjoy fielding more than batting’: Rinku Singh after his fielding heroics help KKR beat RR by 1 run | Cricket News

Rinku Singh celebrates the win with his teammates on the Eden Gardens. (Pic credit score: IPL)

NEW DELHI: Rinku Singh delivered a match-defining fielding efficiency as Kolkata Knight Riders edged Rajasthan Royals by only one run in a dramatic end at Eden Gardens on Sunday, holding their IPL 2025 playoff hopes alive.
With Royals needing three runs off the ultimate ball, Shubham Dubey hit the ball to long-off and known as for 2. But Rinku, patrolling the boundary, sprinted in, picked up cleanly, and fired a one-bounce throw to Vaibhav Arora, who calmly eliminated the bails to catch a diving Jofra Archer in need of his crease. It sealed a one-run win and triggered wild celebrations from the KKR camp.
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Rinku’s outfield brilliance had earlier saved a boundary within the nineteenth over with a full-length dive — an effort that proved decisive within the context of a high-scoring thriller.
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“It was important to save that (18.2) boundary. This is one of the quickest outfields in India. It is my role to do well in the outfield, I like to take the responsibility,” Rinku mentioned after the win. He added, “I enjoy my fielding, probably more than my batting.”

With the bat, Rinku additionally chipped in with an important cameo — an unbeaten 19 off 6 balls — to help KKR end on 206/4. Andre Russell, rediscovering type, bludgeoned 57 not out off 25 balls with six towering sixes.

“Russell scored some crucial runs, he hasn’t been among the runs this season… the stage was set,” Rinku added. “We are taking one game at a time, not thinking too much of the future.”
The win lifted KKR to fifth within the standings with 11 factors.