“He Is Left-Handed MS Dhoni”: Ravichandran Ashwin’s Massive Praise For India Star | Cricket News

Rinku Singh has actually left no stone unturned to cement his place into the T20I group of India. Across 15 video games and 11 innings in T20Is, Rinku has scored 356 runs at a mean of 89 and a strike fee of over 176 with two half-centuries. He has been making a reputation for himself as a finisher for the nationwide group. While praising the batter for his heroics in opposition to Afghanistan within the third T20I match, one other India star Ravichandran Ashwin stated that Rinku is a left-handed MS Dhoni.

“He is somebody I’d call a left-handed Dhoni. I can’t compare him to Dhoni just yet because Dhoni is too big. But, I am talking about the composure that he brings. He has been consistently scoring buckets of runs for UP and broke his way into the Indian team,” Ashwin stated on his YouTube channel.

“(Rinku has) showed that he’s always available to get to the Indian team out of a tricky situation or finish an innings. The composure doesn’t change whether the team is batting first or chasing. His composure towards the back end of the innings is a bonus,” he added.

Rinku performed a vital function in India’s win over Afghanistan within the third T20I in Bengaluru.

A winner for the India vs Afghanistan third T20I was determined by way of not one however two Super Overs. Both the groups had their scores tied at 212 after which the competition went right into a Super Over. The thriller by no means light because the Super Over too led to a tie, taking the sport to one more Super Over the place the Rohit Sharma-led aspect edge previous its opponent.

Earlier, Rohit and Rinku stitched a wide ranging 190-run stand to assist India publish a mammoth complete 212 for 4 on the bouncy monitor of Bengaluru. Rohit scored 121 not out off 69 whereas Rinku contributed with 69 not out off 39 after the India skipper received the toss and opted to bat. Afghanistan got here out with an outstanding reply and managed to stage the scores by the top, because of Gulbadin Naib’s combating 55 off 23.