IPL 2023: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Gujarat Titans & Sunrisers Hyderabad earn win over Punjab Kings

Kolkata Knight Riders' players celebrated on the pitch with Rinku Singh after his five sixes

Rinku Singh hit five sixes off the last five balls to lead Kolkata Knight Riders to a thrilling three-wicket win over Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League.

Chasing 205 and needing 29 from the last over, Rinku produced a brutal onslaught on bowler Yash Dayal.

The innings eclipsed spinner Rashid Khan's hat-trick in the 17th over that had Kolkata reeling at 155-7.

Rinku finished 48 not out as Kolkata won from the last ball.

The 29 scored from the last over set a new record for the most runs successfully chased in the final over of a T20, beating the 23 scored by Sydney Sixers against Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League in 2015.

The game was heading towards a comfortable victory for defending champions Gujarat, who dominated for large periods of the game.

Gujarat posted 204-4 as Vijay Shankar's 63 from 24 balls helped them score 51 from the final 15 balls.

In the chase, Venkatesh Iyer looked set on steering Kolkata over the line with a sublime 83 from 40 balls but was dismissed by Alzarri Joseph, whose 2-27 was crucial in swinging the momentum back in Gujarat's favour.

Iyer's dismissal left Kolkata 154-4, and they lost four wickets for one run when Rashid ripped through the middle order to remove Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Shardul Thakur.

With an improbable 39 required from nine balls, Rinku took 10 from the final two balls of the penultimate over, followed by Umesh Yadav taking a single from the first ball of the 20th to give Rinku the strike.

Dayal bowled a mixture of full tosses and short balls that Rinku pummelled into the stands, and he was embraced by his team-mates as Kolkata celebrated in front of a raucous crowd at the Narendra Modi Stadium.

"I had belief that I could do it," said Rinku, who was named player of the match.

"I was not thinking a lot, just reacting to the ball that came. I was just trying to hit sixes and it came off in the end."

Sunrisers beat Punjab despite Dhawan resistance

Punjab captain Shikhar Dhawan scored 99 out of his side's 143-9

In the second IPL fixture of the day, Sunrisers Hyderabad earned their first win of the season as they beat Punjab Kings by eight wickets.

Shikhar Dhawan played a lone hand for Punjab as he scored an unbeaten 99 from 66 balls in a below-par total of 143-9.

Opener Dhawan watched the wickets tumble as his side slumped to 88-9 with Mayank Markande taking 4-15 and two wickets each for Marco Jansen and Umran Malik.

But the skipper combined expert strike rotation with powerful striking down the ground in a partnership of 55 with number 11 Mohit Rathee, who made just one.

England all-rounder Sam Curran was the only other batter to reach double figures, making 22 as Punjab posted 143-9.

In reply, England's Harry Brook's IPL struggles continued as he fell for 13, but Rahul Tripathi anchored the chase with an unbeaten 74 to see Hyderabad home with 17 balls to spare.