It would have been unusual if there wasn’t any response from Shah Rukh Khan, particularly after the Kolkata Knight Riders’ miraculous three-wicket win over Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad on Sunday, courtesy Rinku Singh’s final-over brilliance.

Soon after the game, the Knight Riders principal owner took to Twitter to lavish praise on Rinku, Venkatesh Iyer and captain Nitish Rana.

“JHOOME JO RINKUUUUU!!! My baby @rinkusingh235 And @NitishRana_27& @venkateshiyer you beauties!!! And remember Believe that’s all.

“Congratulations @KKRiders and @VenkyMysore take care of your heart sir!” Shah Rukh tweeted.

For Rinku, it was all about trusting his belief and not reading too much into the situation.

“I had the belief. Ranabhai said to keep belief and to bat till the end, then we would see what happened,” the Man of the Match said.

“I was just trying to hit sixes. I was not thinking a lot, I was just reacting to the ball.

“ And it kept coming out of the middle of the bat,” he went on to add.

Theatre of sixes

The task

KKR needed 29 runs from the last six balls. Bowler: Left-arm seamer Yash Dayal. Batsmen: Rinku Singh & Umesh Yadav.

Odds

No team had ever chased down more than 23 in the final over to win in the IPL.

How it was done

1 run

19.1: Slower delivery on off stump. Umesh Yadav plays it too long on for a single.

6 runs

19.2: Full toss outside off stump. Rinku smacks it over wide long-off.

6 runs

19.3: Low full toss down the leg. Rinku gets inside the line and lifts it over deep backward square leg.

6 runs

19.4: Another full toss outside the off stump. Rinku muscles it over long-off.

6 runs

19.5: A half-tracker outside the off stump. Rinku opens up his stance and smashes it over long-on.

6 runs

19.6: A short delivery outside off stump. Rinku pounces on it to hammer it over long-on.

End result

KKR: 207/7, win by three wkts.