Rinku Singh smashes the glass with a six..!?

Sowmiya Sriram
Rinku Singh smashes the glass with a six..!?
A photo of Rinku Singh's hit during the 2nd T20I against south africa in which the window of the press box at the Singh Stadium was shattered into hundreds of pieces is going viral on social media. The 2nd t20 match between india and south africa took place yesterday. In this, South African captain Aiden Markram elected to bowl first after winning the toss. Accordingly, the indian team batted first. In this, both Yashshvi jaiswal and Shubman Gill were dismissed without scoring a run. Accordingly Thilak Verma left after adding 29 runs. Captain suryakumar yadav scored a fifty and created a record. He was out for 56 runs, while Jitesh Sharma was out for 1 run and Ravindia Jadeja came in and added runs calmly. Rinku Singh, who was playing aggressively, registered his fifty in the T20I match in 30 balls. South African captain Aiden Markram bowled the 19th over of the match.
Rinku Singh hit 2 consecutive sixes in the 5th and 6th balls of this over. In this, a six smashed the glass of the attic into pieces where the journalist was sitting. The journalists there have not hesitated to post the related photo on their social media pages. The match was finally called off by rain in the 19.3 overs of the match. After almost 40 minutes of rain, the match was reduced to 15 overs and south africa were set a target of 152 runs to win. It is noteworthy that Rinku Singh was in the field with 68 runs in 39 balls including 9 fours and 2 sixes.

After coming to bat in the South African team, openers Risa Hendricks and Mathew Pretske both started with action. In this, Pretske was run out for 16 runs. Next captain Aiden Markram was dismissed after adding 30 runs. Another starter, Reesa Hendricks, was out for 49 runs. Then south africa scored 108 runs in 8.6 overs losing 3 wickets. After that wicketkeeper Heinrich Klaasen was dismissed for 7 runs and David Miller was dismissed for 17 runs. Finally, in 13.5 overs, south africa scored 154 runs for the loss of 5 wickets and won by 5 wickets.

By winning this match, south africa won the 3-match T20I series 1-0. Subsequently, the last and third t20 match between the two teams will be played in johannesburg on the 14th.

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