The Kolkata Knight Riders brace for battle against Sunrisers Hyderabad here in the afterglow of Rinku Singh’s breathtaking five sixes in-a-row at Ahmedabad last Sunday. So much so that even Shardul Thakur’s brilliant counterattack that paved the way for what had looked a most unlikely victory against RCB less than 10 days ago seems a distant memory for KKR fans. 

When they troop onto the Eden Gardens terraces on Friday, a large number will have come to see the self-effacing 25-year-old from Aligarh, this time in a different light.