Watch: Angkrish Raghuvanshi does unusual ‘heart gesture’ celebration after creating history for KKR

The 20-year-old Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) batter Angkrish Raghuvanshi played a wonderful knock for his team in the 15th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.

Angkrish Raghuvanshi smashed a brilliant fifty at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata and he also celebrated the milestone in style, which caught the attention of everyone.

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Angkrish Raghuvanshi smashes 50 off 32

Raghuvanshi walked in to bat early on in the innings as both Quinton de Kock and Sunil Narine got dismissed inside 3 overs against SRH, leaving Kolkata Knight Riders in a spot of bother.

The young batsman repaid the faith of the team management, who provided him with great backing, and played a brilliant innings.

He stitched up a crucial 81-run partnership in 51 balls with Ajinkya Rahane that stabilized the KKR innings. Angkrish Raghuvanshi played an attacking brand of cricket and completed his half-century in just 30 balls in the 13th over.

On the first ball of the over, Angkrish played a delivery from Kamindu Mendis towards long-off to take a single and complete his second fifty in the Indian Premier League. After reaching the milestone, he made a heart-shaped gesture to celebrate the feat.

He was unable to add any more runs to his tally as he was dismissed in the same over. However, Angkrish Raghuvanshi created history with his knock as he became the first player ever to score two fifties for KKR before turning 21.

Watch: Angkrish Raghuvanshi's unusual ‘heart gesture’ celebration

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It's the early stage of the tournament, and not every team can get off to a flier - Quinton de Kock

Speaking ahead of the match, the Kolkata Knight Riders opener Quinton de Kock said that they just want to focus more on executing their plans well. He elaborated:

"We had a couple of meetings. The talk was to keep things simple from a bowling point of view. When our bowlers are under the pump, sometimes they get carried away and try to do different things instead of just doing the basics and focusing on execution. Pretty much those sort of things.

"From a batting point of view, obviously we didn't have a great game. We just talked about things like shot selection, awareness in your batting. We just went back and spoke about the basics. It's the early stage of the tournament, not every team can get off to a flier."

While talking about the weather in Kolkata, Quinton de Kock said that it's getting hotter day by day. He said:

"We've done some pretty good things until this period. The conditions are changing in Kolkata. Everyday it feels like it's getting five degrees hotter. Apart from that, wickets are staying the same. Pretty decent wickets."

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