Kolkata Knight Riders lost the game against Gujarat Titans, however, the combination of Andre Russell with the ball and Rinku Singh on-field produced a dream end to the first innings stole all the limelight on social media.
It was in the 20th over when KKR captain Shreyas Iyer introduced the big all-rounder from West Indies, Andre Russell. It was a brave more from Iyer since Russell was bowling the first over of the game. However, Andre Russell didn’t disappoint his captain by proving why he is almost equally valuable to the side with the ball. Russell conceded only five runs and picked up four wickets.
Besides him, Rinku Singh also had a great day on-field as he took four catches, which included three off Russell’s bowling in the final over. Both the cricketers joined hands and wreaked havoc on the cricket field.
Speaking at the mid-inning break, Russell was all praises for Rinku Singh. He jokingly said that he will give the young cricketer a treat for those catches. He said: “I owe Rinku a dinner, he doesn’t drink, I’ll get him anything (has a laugh at the end).”
Russell now has 10 wickets under his belt in the eight games in the ongoing 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League.
Meanwhile, fans on social media were left in awe of Russell and Rinku’s teamwork on-field. There were many who came up with hilarious tweets while reacting to the brilliant teamwork of Russell and Rinku for KKR.
Check out the hilarious Tweets:
Rinku didn’t bat, didn’t bowl & yet gave 40 points on Dream11
Special player for a reason
pic.twitter.com/zI0EpfRtT4
— Pratik (@Prat1k_) April 23, 2022
Rinku singh has already contributed more than Varun agarbatti this season
— Pushkar (@musafir_hu_yar) April 23, 2022
R & R for #KKR …
Rinku & Russell— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) April 23, 2022
Andre Russell just fetched 100 fantasy points in a single over #IPL2022 #KKRvGT
— Soorya Sesha (@sooryasesha7) April 23, 2022
R & R for #KKR …
Rinku & Russell— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) April 23, 2022
Other death bowlers watching Russell’s last over! pic.twitter.com/SEUQFxD3ac
— Abhishek Tripathi (@abhithecomic) April 23, 2022
Love to see a young cricketer enjoy his fielding and does it with as much enthusiasm and excellence as Rinku Singh.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) April 23, 2022
Other death bowlers watching Russell’s last over! pic.twitter.com/SEUQFxD3ac
— Abhishek Tripathi (@abhithecomic) April 23, 2022
Andre Russell in the final over #KKRvGT pic.twitter.com/C7ZpBpg9tF
— saif shaikh (@saifs_99) April 23, 2022
Gujarat Titans is lucky Beast Russell bowled only 1 over!! If he had bowled 2 more overs he would have wrapped up the entire batting order of GT in his 3 overs! pic.twitter.com/LDmhfNc5ch
— Zalzala
(@ZalzalaMass) Well played king Rinku
— Nitish KKR
Only Russell and Rinku playing cricket today
— 𝑻𝒂𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓
(@srkian_Tanvir) Travelling. And Russell gets junk wickets.
— Nikhil
(@CricCrazyNIKS) Russell and Rinku setting better chemistry than many love stories.
— JUST A FAN. (@iamsrk_brk) April 23, 2022
Umpire urging crowd to sit down and stop clapping before they could continue the play. Unreal scenes after Rinku Singh catch.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) April 23, 2022
Rinku Singh today #KKRvGT pic.twitter.com/ZbVs65hXXc
— Cheemrag (@_cheemrag_) April 23, 2022
