After teasing Rinku Singh for breaking his gifted bat within the Indian Premier League, Virat Kohli apparently got here up with an unbelievable gesture for the Kolkata Knight Riders star. In a video shared by Kolkata Knight Riders after their conflict with Royal Challengers Bengaluru within the cash-rich league, Rinku was quizzed about his animated chat with Kohli at Eden Gardens.
For the unversed, Rinku lately revealed that he broke the bat given to the Indian power-hitter by Kohli. Rinku additionally requested Kohli to present him one other bat within the lead-up to RCB's away match towards KKR on the Eden Gardens. Kohli had gifted Rinku his willow when each groups first met within the IPL 2024 at Bengaluru. “You took a bat from me beforehand. Now you need second bat in second recreation? Due to you, I face penalties later,” Kohli instructed Rinku.
'Virat bhai thanks'
After Kohli's enjoyable chat with Rinku grew to become an prompt hit among the many IPL followers, KKR thanked the previous India skipper for gifting Rinku one other bat. “Mil gaya bat Rinku ko! Virat bhai Thanks,” KKR captioned their submit on X, previously often known as Twitter. Within the viral video, a fan requested Rinku concerning the new bat. Responding to the fan question, Rinku was all smiles because the Indian southpaw confirmed the brand new bat he acquired from the batting icon.
What occurred in IPL conflict between RCB and KKR?
Rinku scored 24 off 16 balls in KKR's one-run win over RCB at Eden Gardens. KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer slammed a half-century whereas a late flourish from Andre Russell powered KKR to 222-6 in 20 overs. Chasing the huge whole at Eden Gardens, Kohli was outsmarted by Harshit Rana as his dismissal courted recent controversy within the IPL. Will Jacks scored a 32-ball 55 whereas Rajat Patidar smashed 52 off 23 balls. Nonetheless, Royal Challengers Bengaluru mustered 221 in 20 overs because the guests misplaced the match by only one run.