You know his name, and you know his game, and you know that there is a sense of uncomplicated style with which he goes on about his batting and destroying the bowlers in tandem. That is precisely what a certain Rinku Singh did last evening in a very important contest against the RCB at Raipur. Now, even if the contest did not go in his teams, favour, ultimately Calcutta bowling down to Bangalore, despite posting a hefty score on the total Rinku Singh, did his job so with much perfection. But having said all of that, he is a bit of context and something important for us to note. It’s one thing when you make a nice score and contribute to your team’s cause but something quite in fact entirely different when you do so not from your regular batting position.

Last evening, instead of batting at number six or number seven, which usually have been his family positions in the IPL Rinku Singh was promoted to number five, and he came to bat after Cameron’s wicket fell.   screenshot 2026 05 14 135339

But then what did we see not only did Rinku Singh that so well, his batting had a range of shorts all around the wicket, and most importantly, it’s main constituent was running after singles and converting the ones into twos. In fact in a single Bhubaneswar Kumar over Rinku ran for two on three different occasions.

All of that, in one single over. So yes, while his batting did have that element of operating with the sledgehammer, it also had the mindfulness and intelligence that challenging modern format such as T20 require in the end, he made 49 runs, but on the whole if you think about it, he did the line share of the team scoring alongside Raghuvanshi who ended up with a fine half century.

The importance of Rinku Singh’s 49

This was a special note. It was a past pace knock, and it had that familiar element of bravery and bravado that we have come to expect of the left hander. He’s an uncomplicated Cricketer but one who also tries new things.

In fact, had that knock not at all mattered, those 49 really well compiled runs would not have been spoken of so well as they are at this moment, even after the aftermath of the contest in which despite Rinku’s brilliance, his KKR side failed to contain the Bengaluru Storm.

An important constituent of the 49 runs by Rinku Singh was the key partnership stand in which this shone brightly. While on the one and the role of the aggressive was perfectly played by Raghuvanshi on the other hand, Rinku batting with thoughtfulness and intelligence added flair and substance to the way in which KKR bats went about run making.

What’s more?

The pure hearted cricketer didn’t even go after the personal milestone. He was lest bothered about it. He made useful runs and in no time at all- off just 29 deliveries- to help Kolkata have a real chance against such a dangerous opponent as the famed Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

Another fine knock that has reminded fans that Rinku and his craft are here to stay and will hopefully go a long way in the tournament in what lies ahead.