Kolkata Knight Riders’ Rinku Singh in action during IPL 2025 match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. (Sportzpics for IPL)
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane hinted at Rinku Singh being promoted further up the order in upcoming Indian Premier League matches. In the IPL’s opening game this season, KKR chose to play Rinku in his usual position, but that was due to the situation of the match, according to Rahane.
“Yes, I mean, Rinku has been batting really well–for KKR and also for the Indian team, especially in this shorter format. He has been doing really well,” Rahane said.
“The talks about promoting him up the order are happening, but sometimes you have to play according to the situation and decide who is better suited at that moment,” he added.
Rahane then spoke about how his dismissal and Venkatesh Iyer’s forced them to change plans to send Rinku up the order on Saturday night.
“We thought Angkrish [Raghuvanshi] was the better option because we had around 10 to 11 overs left when he went in. The plan was to send Rinku, but after both Venkatesh Iyer and I got out in quick succession, we had to adjust,” Rahane explained.
Rahane then made it clear that it was only a matter of time before the left-hand batsman was promoted up the order.
As I mentioned, Rinku has been batting really well, and you will see him bat higher up the order,” he concluded.
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Kolkata made 174 runs in their 20 alloted overs yesterday. The Champions were then swiftly brushed aside by Royal Challengers Bengaluru, who finished off the target losing only three wickets and crucially gave themselves a net run rate boost by achieving the win within 16.2 overs.
Kolkata next face Rajasthan Royals on Wednesday, while Bengaluru will next go up against Chennai Super Kings on Friday.
