Rinku happy to contribute after five years wait
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Indian rookies Rinku Singh and Nitish Rana joined forces for a thrilling fourth wicket partnership of 66 to return Kolkata Knight Riders to winning ways against against Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League Monday.
With Kolkate facing a sixth consecutive defeat, the pair came together in the 13th over and passed Rajasthan's total of 152-5 with five balls to spare to secure a seven-wicket win.
Rinku hammered 42 off 23 balls with six fours and a six while Rana clubbed three boundaries and two sixes in his slightly more measured 48 off 37 balls.
Man-of-the-match Rinku said "there is pressure in the IPL that is not there much in first-class".
"It's been five years. I haven't been getting chances regularly. Feels good to contribute now," the 24-year-old added.
Kolkata coach Brendon McCullum said it was "no easy feat" to win after five consecutive losses.
"I know it's the first year for all the guys in this team but the guys have stuck really close and we could have easily been on the other side of two or three of those games," he added.
