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Two Uttar Pradesh (UP) teammates Yash Dayal and Rinku Singh were on the opposite sides of an incredible game with saw the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat the Gujarat Titans (GT) in an exceptional final over at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) had a new hero Rinku Singh on Sunday evening, who hit five sixes in the final over to secure a memorable victory over the defending Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

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IPL 2023: Rinku Singh texted Yash Dayal after his extraordinary final over mauling vs GT, said 'this happens in cricket...'

The Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) star against the Gujarat Titans (GT) was Rinku Singh, who did the unthinkable in Ahmedabad by snatching victory in the final ball with 29 runs needed in the last over of the match.

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Smashing 5 sixes in one over is a tough ask but doing it in the final over of the match to give your side an improbable win is magical.

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Late on Sunday evening, the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) grabbed the headlines after Rinku Singh was their unlikely hero against defending Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

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Rinku Singh's name will be indelibly etched in IPL folklore.

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Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) Rinku Singh has been flying under the radar for a long time.

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'Every ball that I hit out of ground was dedicated to ones who sacrificed so much for me': Rinku Singh's emotional statement after 5 sixes in final over

Taking a hat-trick in any format is not easy, let alone T20 cricket where the batter is always on the lookout for big shots.

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Stand-in skipper Rashid Khan became first Gujarat Titans (GT) bowler to take a hat-trick in Indian Premier League (IPL) and first of the season.

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Vijay Shankar entered Indian Premier League (IPL) history books with fastest half-century for defending champions Gujarat Titans (GT) from just 21 balls.

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