Rinku Singh’s famous catchphrase, ‘God’s Plan’, was used as a caption by Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan in one of his Instagram posts. In a recent conversation, the Bollywood actor revealed why he did so.

Rinku Singh, who recently played in the T20I series against Sri Lanka, bowled a brilliant 19th over by conceding three runs and playing his part in the Indian bowling attack defending 137. He took two wickets in the over of Kusal Perera and Ramesh Mendis.

India were restricted to 137/9 in their 20 overs in the third T20I. Shubman Gill top-scored with 39 and lower-order contributions from Washington Sundar (25) and Riyan Parag (26) took them to that score.

Sri Lanka, chasing 138 to win, found themselves in a position of 110/2 in the 16th over. For the third consecutive match, Sri Lanka’s middle order collapsed and they eventually ended up drawing the match. India managed to draw the game with SL needing nine off 12 balls.

Rinku bowled a brilliant 19th over, in which he gave away just three runs and took two wickets. Suryakumar Yadav came on to bowl the final over and managed to draw the game with Sri Lanka, who failed to score six runs in the final over. SKY also took two wickets in their final over.

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Watch: Rinku Singh’s wickets in the 19th over against Sri Lanka

RINKU SINGH, THE OVER STAR NO. 19. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/eDv1Qt3uYj

—Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) July 30, 2024

India won the match in the Super Over. For Sri Lanka, it was a disappointment for the second time in a row as their batsmen failed to win matches for the team from a potentially match-winning position.

This was the first time that India won/tied a T20I match after losing 5 wickets for less than 50 runs. This was also the third time that India whitewashed Sri Lanka in a T20I series after 2017 and 2022. Interestingly, this was the fifth game that India won after the match ended in a draw. They won all their drawn matches defending the total. On the other hand, this was Sri Lanka’s third loss in five Super Overs.

Meanwhile, during a recent event, the host asked Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan about the title “God’s Plan” in one of his Instagram posts. Varun said that the title was inspired by Rinku Singh as he also praised his efforts with the ball in the final T20I against Sri Lanka.

“God’s plan. It’s a Drake song, but it’s famous because of Rinku Singh. Even I believe that. Rinku bowled a fabulous 19th over,” Varun Dhawan said.

After the match, Rinku Singh spoke about his effort with the ball. These were Rinku’s first two wickets in T20Is. He also took a wicket in his first ODI for India. The left-hander said he didn’t know he would be needed with the ball but admitted that SKY asked him to be ready to bowl if needed.

India will now play a three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka in Colombo with matches on August 2, 4 and 7.

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