Kolkata Knight Riders batting sensation Angkrish Raghuvanshi has revealed that his celebration post completing the half-century was inspired by Manchester United’s star forward Marcus Rashford. Raghuvanshi has been the talk of the town after he compiled a superb fifty that helped KKR complete a 106-run win against Delhi Capitals on Wednesday (Apr 3).

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The 18-year-old said he had been a long-time fan of the Red Devils and that his celebration was dedicated towards one of his KKR teammates. 

“As far as the celebration I did while batting, I did that for Nitish (Rana) Bhaiya, he got injured. Him and I are both (Manchester) United fans, so I did that for him,” Angkrish said.

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Appreciating Raghuvanshi’s innings against DC, Rana posted a story on his Instagram account with the Rashford celebration gif . 

Meanwhile, post the match, Raghuvanshi took to social media to troll his teammate Phil Salt, who, as it turns out, is a Manchester City supporter — the cross-city rivals of United. 

“Manc is red saltyy,” wrote Raghuvanshi, sharing a congratulatory story put up by the English batter to laud the teenager.

Quizzed about his innings during the mid-game show, an excited-looking Raghuvanshi said the ‘amount of practice’ he had done in the last few weeks, finally came to fruition. 

“When I went into bat, it was just about watching the ball, that’s it. I think the amount of practice in the last few weeks and I backed myself,” Raghuvanshi told Harsha Bhogle. 

KKR vs DC

DC suffered a humbling as the two-time champions, KKR, won the match and climbed to the top of the points table, having won all three matches so far, 

Riding on lethal ball-striking from Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Andre Russell, KKR posted 272 runs on board – the second-highest total in the tournament history. 

Chasing the target, DC never looked in the game and lost four wickets within the powerplay. If it wasn’t for Pant’s enterprising 55-run knock, the deficit could have been greater and might have done irreparable damage to the net run rate. 

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