IPL23 match no 13 KKR vs GT this match KKR won by 3 wickets. Rinku Singh (Player of the Match): "The beliefwas there that I can do it. Rana told me to keepbelieving. Umesh did well to take the single andI backed my ability, I was not thinking much. Justplayed to the merit of the ball. Backof the handball and I hit it straight down the ground for themaximum. I am chuffed andI am going to enjoyit"Nitish Rana (KKR Captain): "Hada little bit ofbelief because Rinku had done it in the previousover. However we did not cross the line lastyear. When he hit the second six then the beliefincreased as Yash Dayal wasn'table to execute.Itis very important to have that belief wheneveryou are chasing any total, especially as a captain.To be honest, you win a match out off 100 gameslike this. When we were bowling we held the match in ourgrasp. We just bowled two badovers in the death.Same thing happened with our batting. RashidKhan's one over put us on the backfoot. Creditgoes to Rinku Singh, the 2 points that we have gottonight are just due to his efforts.People asked me why Rinku is the top rankedplayer and plays second fiddle. I would like torespond to them tonight that if this is secondfiddle then imagine what would be his topperformance. We saw how important player he is.In the last match he held one end and tonight ifIwas batting, I wauld have thought of hitting30 inthe final over foronce but yOur heart knows whatyou are capable of I don'thave enoUgh vords todescribe Rinku's innings." Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders): "It was agreat game to be a part of and I really enjoyedit. We were in Control and then lost our way, butRinku was there to save us again. The coaches tellus to chase and score 200 and we did that. Thesekinds of games gives us confidence and hope toride the momentum going forward. We lost thefirst game due to rain and then we played wellagainst RCB and now this game and the win willgive us great confidence. Hope to carry on thegood Work." Rashid Khan (GT Captain): "T20 is all aboutentertainment We were in the same position buton the winning side last year. It is a learning partfor our team in the early part of the competitionbut more importantly we hada good game ofcricket and hopefully the fans liked it as wel.The ball Yash bowled was the one he is morecomfortable with but it just didn't work out in themiddle. Its one of those days when your plan:in the opposite side. Credit to the batter the whe finished the game. I keep it simple to hit the right areas consistently.In T20 ifyou miss your right length you see whathappened. That's what T20 is all about, you canmiss your line and lengths. As a bowler I try mybest to hit the area as much as possible.We got what we wantedasa team. We got those200+ runs but as a bowling unit we have, I feelits enough total to defend but as I said its T20,sometimes 250 doesn't look good to defend butas a team these are things for us to learn spethe bowling department and take the positive.out of this game. So early in the competition so Rinku Singh hit 40 runs in his last 7 balls to takeKKR to a victory!7:20 PM IST: What a game have we witnessed inIPL 2023. Rinku Singh hits 5 sixes in a row off thefinal over to win the game for the Kolkata KnightRiders by 3 wickets off the final ball of the innings.What a game we have had as Yash Dayal misseshis length and gets tonked for sixes. KKR notchaeup their second win in three games while Guj.loses their first game of the tournament. Let's just recap this amazing game. Kolkata losttheir openers early in pursuit of 205 for the win.But then it was the Venkatesh Iyer show as hescoreda breath taking 83 off 4O balls. He wasably supported by Nitish Rana who scored 45off 29 balls. They did the major job and thingsfell away. In came Rinku Singh who scored amagnificent 48* off 21 balls which included 31runs off the Yash Dayal over. KKR got home offthe final ball of the innings. This was some gameto say the least. Rashid Khan turned the match on its head witha hat-trick as he got three wickets. A coupleof wickets for Alzarri Joseph who bowled anexcellent spell of 2/27 in4 overs. MohammadShami got a wicket and so did Joshua Little whowent for runs. They had the match in their bagsand had it stolen from them at the death.Earlier in the game, Sai Sudharsan's halfcentury where he scored 53 off 38 balls and asplendid knock from Vijay Shankar who scored Earlier in the game, Sai Sudharsan's halfcentury where he scored 53 off 38 balls and asplendid knock from Vijay Shankar who scoredan unbeaten 63* off 24 balls. Shubman GillScored 39 at the top of the order as GujaratTitans amassed 204/4 in 20 overs. WriddhimanSaha and Abhinav Manohar ended with doublefigures.Sunil Narine was the pick of the bowlers forKolkata Knight Riders as he picked up 3/33 inovers. Suyash Sharma got the other wicket toIt was a hard day for the bowlers and a brilliant It wasa hard day for the bowlers and a brilliantday for the batters. It was a game to renmemberfor all of us.So, KKR wins by 3 wickets to climb upwards in thepoints table. Stick around for the presentations.