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KKR beat Gujarat Titans by three wickets, Rinku Singh hits five sixes off five balls

New Delhi: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated defending champions Gujarat Titans by three wickets in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match here today. Batting first, Gujarat scored 204 runs for the loss of four wickets. Rinku Singh hit five sixes off the last five balls to give Kekare a stunning three-wicket win. He remained unbeaten on 48 off 21 balls.

He remained unbeaten on 48 off 21 balls. Venkatesh Iyer top-scored for KKR with 83 runs. Gujarat’s stand-in captain Rashid Khan scored a hat-trick of wickets in the 17th over. He gave away 37 runs in four overs and showed the way out to three batsmen.