Where talent meets opportunity’ is the motto of the Indian Premier League and over the years, we have seen how it has produced some top cricketers for India. Being watched by millions can be stressful for some, but it’s also a huge platform for some who haven’t been even heard of, beyond their city limits and who can become household names in the 14 days of playing in the IPL. Good luck and hard-time stories that follow these performances are such that a person who hasn’t even been heard of, becomes the talk of the cricketing nation. Rinku Singh is the story this time around and he has had even those outside of India who follow the IPL talking and asking about him. What he did was mind boggling. 

More than five sixes in an over have been hit before most notably by Yuvraj Singh and that too in an ICC T20 World Cup, but to hit five consecutive ones off the last five deliveries in the match and that too when 30 runs were needed to win makes it a fairy tale-like never before. The poise, the balance and the ferocity with which they were struck was jaw dropping because when you see Rinku Singh from close quarters he is not a big-built powerful looking person but an average guy who would not grab attention straightaway.