Rinku Singh’s bat roared, changed gear after scoring 25 runs on 33, hit 5 fours and 5 sixes in the next 15 balls

Lucknow: Rinku Singh scored runs at a strike rate of 162.50 with the help of 6 fours and 6 sixes. On the basis of his innings, Meerut Mavericks achieved the target of 136 runs in 15.4 overs against Kashi Rudra.

Rinku Singh is in excellent form ahead of Asia Cup 2025. This left-handed batsman has created havoc in the UP T20 League 2025. Meerut Mavericks captain Rinku batted brilliantly against Kashi Rudra on Saturday (August 30) and scored an unbeaten 78 off 48 balls. Rinku Singh scored runs at a strike rate of 162.50 with the help of 6 fours and 6 sixes. On the basis of his innings, meerutachieved the target of 136 runs in 15.4 overs. The team won by 7 wickets. Rinku Singh started batting very slowly. At one time he was playing after scoring 17 runs on 28 balls. Captain Rinku Singh, who came to the crease in difficult circumstances, took the responsibility. He along with Madhav Kaushik made an unbeaten partnership of 112 runs and led the team to victory. While Madhav Kaushik scored 34 runs, Rinku batted in a stormy manner and scored an unbeaten 78 runs. His innings included 6 fours and 6 sixes. Rinku’s strike rate was 162, which shows his aggressive batting. Due to this partnership, the Meerut team achieved the target in just 16.5 overs. While chasing the target of 136 runs, Meerut Mavericks had a very bad start. Swastik Chikara was out in the first over without opening the account. After this, in the second over, Akash Dubey also returned to the pavilion after scoring just 4 runs. The team got the third blow when Ruturaj Sharma was out after scoring 15 runs in 19 balls. After the initial setbacks, the team looked under pressure, but after this captain Rinku Singh and Madhav Kaushik took control of the innings. After scoring 25 runs off 33 balls, Rinku Singh changed gears and scored 53 runs off the next 15 balls. He hit 5 fours and 5 sixes off these 15 balls. Rinku hit 5 sixes and 2 fours off the last 9 balls of his innings and finished the match with 26 balls to spare. Kashi Rudras, who won the toss and elected to bat first, did not have a good start. The team could only score 135 runs in the stipulated 20 overs by losing 8 wickets. The batsmen kept losing wickets and no one could play a big innings. Karan Sharma was definitely successful in scoring the most runs for the team. He scored 61 runs in 50 balls. Apart from him, no other batsman could score runs consistently. Among the bowlers of Meerut, Kartik Tyagi performed the best. He bowled lethally and took 4 wickets and broke the back of the opposition team.