Dear Rinku Singh,
We all know the story of how you have struggled over the years to make it here. We all know the rags-to-riches tale of your rise to stardom. We all know how you turned the tide around in clinical fashion to stun the odds that have reigned supreme in the world. However, there is one thing that we would love to know. What is that magic ingredient in your armour?
Well, let’s just say that there weren’t any. How can it be? We know what the magic element is. It is the sheer belief that you have in that hardened shell of yours. You know when people wrote you off, calling you a mid-table contender, I was not buying into that for some reason or the other. Cricket is a game where numbers obviously play a major role but at the end of it all, it is not the final say in the element of the sport.
It is that magic that you weaved around the world today. It is that stardust that you sprinkled in Ahmedabad and yet people in Los Angeles and Kolkata were bouncing with similar energy watching you deliver the goods. It is that extraordinary miracle that comes after ages of despair and darkness, and yet it lasts only for a tick. Yet, you got to live that tick as if your entire life was made of that solitary moment.
You know in today’s winning speech of Israel Adesanya, he said that he wanted us to feel that exact happiness that he felt today after beating Alex Pereira. It was special because he pulled it off after being humbled once. That is what the happiness that we Kolkata fans are feeling today is. That sheer might of happiness that we are all swept by.
Rinku Singh, I wish I had the exact words to tell you that what you did today but a few things in the world are not worth describing with our mortal paraphernalia. They are only meant for the Gods. The Gods and Kings would definitely take a sip of their coffee and utter a certain name in the pompous halls that would ring a lot like Rinku Singh.
We don’t know what awaits us all. We don’t know what is the future of KKR in IPL 2023. But we just know that this moment is ours and ours very own. No one will take this away from us. You, Rinku Singh, are our very own. You are the one, for whom we shall sing and you are the one for whom we shall fight. No matter what comes tomorrow, we will still stand with you.
Yours sincerely,
A crazy cricket fan
