The first quarter-final match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2023 is being played between Punjab and Uttar Pradesh at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium on Thursday, November 2. Once again, fans witnessed a storm of an inning from Rinku Singh’s bat.
Rinku Singh played a fantastic inning in the match, scoring a blazing half-century of 77 runs for Uttar Pradesh in the first quarter-final of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, facing only 33 balls.
Against Punjab, Rinku played a remarkable innings, hitting 4 boundaries and 6 sixes, accumulating a total of 52 runs in just 10 balls. What makes Rinku’s innings special is that in the first 21 balls of his inning, he had scored only 38 runs. However, he turned the tables on the opposition bowlers, smashing 5 sixes in the last 12 balls to make a total of 39 runs. He scored 22 runs in Arshdeep Singh’s over during this period.
This is why everyone is praising Rinku Singh once again. It’s worth mentioning that Rinku Singh’s explosive style has consistently been forcing selectors to consider him for inclusion in the Indian squad.
Recently, he was also part of the Indian team in the Asian Games held in China. The Men in Blue won the gold medal under the leadership of Ruturaj Gaikwad.
It should be noted that Rinku has been in excellent form recently. In IPL 2023, he scored 474 runs for KKR with an average of 59.25 and a strike rate of 149.53. As for the first quarter-final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Uttar Pradesh has set a target of 170 runs in 20 overs against Punjab, in response to which the Punjab team has lost 3 wickets inside the powerplay itself.
RINKU SINGH SHOW IN QUARTER-FINAL IN SMAT….!!!!#KiaraAdvani#ParineetiChopra
— starring (@ankeshkumarsai4) November 2, 2023
He was 38*(21) at the end of 18th over then 6, 6, 2, 2, 0, 1, 6, 2, 6, 0, 6, 2 and ended in 77*(33) against Arshdeep led Punjab bowling unit.#rinkusingh pic.twitter.com/1s3WgmUay1
