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| Full name | Rinku Khanchand Singh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 October 1997 Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut (cap 107) | 18 August 2023 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 20 August 2023 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–present | Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Kings XI Punjab | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Kolkata Knight Riders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rinku Khanchand Singh (born 12 October 1997) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian national cricket team. He made his international debut in August 2023 against Ireland.[1] He plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League and for Uttar Pradesh in domestic cricket. He is a left-handed top order batsman and a right-handed off-spinner. He is best known for his innings on 9 April 2023, where he helped his franchise, the Kolkata Knight Riders, defeat the Gujarat Titans by hitting 5 consecutive sixes in the last 5 balls of the last over of the match.[2]
Early life
Rinku Singh, the third among five siblings, was born into a poor family. His father, Khanchandra Singh, worked in an LPG distribution company. During his early years, Singh lived in a two-room quarter near Aligarh Stadium in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. This accommodation was provided by his father's employers.[3]
Domestic career
Singh represented Uttar Pradesh at the Under-16, Under-19 and Under-23 levels and Central Zone at the Under-19 level.[4] He made his List A cricket debut for Uttar Pradesh in March 2014 at the age of 16 and top-scored with 83 in that match.[5] He made his first-class debut for Uttar Pradesh in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy on 5 November 2016.[6]
He was the leading run-scorer for Uttar Pradesh in the group-stage of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, with 803 runs in nine matches.[7] He finished the tournament with 953 runs in ten matches.[8]
Indian Premier League
In February 2017, he was bought by the Kings XI Punjab team for the 2017 Indian Premier League.[9] In January 2018, he was bought with the worth of 80 lakh by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2018 IPL auction.[10]
Rinku was ruled out of the 2021 Indian Premier League due to a knee injury and he was later replaced by Gurkeerat Singh Mann.[11] In February 2022, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.[12] In this year's tournament match, he got his first Man of the Match award with a cheque of one lakh for 42 runs in 23 balls with a strike-rate of 182.61 against Rajasthan Royals.[13][14]
On 9 April 2023, Rinku achieved a record-breaking feat in an IPL match against Gujarat Titans, smashing 5 sixes in the final over to successfully chase down 29 runs - the highest-ever chase in the last over in the tournament's history.[15]
Suspension
On 30 May 2019, Singh was given a three-month suspension by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) after he took part in the Ramadan T20 Tournament in Abu Dhabi without seeking prior permission to play.[16]
References
- ↑ "Rinku Singh, Prasidh Krishna make T20I debuts for India against Ireland". The Times Of India. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ↑ "Cricketer Rinku Singh Biography in Hindi: How did the son of the person who delivered the gas cylinder hit 5 sixes in the IPL". Yugantar Pravah. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ↑ "Rinku Singh 2.0: Hungry, fearless and more determined". Times Of India. 3 May 2022. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ↑ "Teams Rinku Singh played for". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ↑ "Central Zone: Uttar Pradesh v Vidarbha at Jaipur, Mar 5, 2014". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ↑ "Ranji Trophy, Group A: Punjab v Uttar Pradesh at Hyderabad (Deccan), Nov 5-8, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ↑ "From irresistible Rajasthan to inconsistent Karnataka". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ↑ "Ranji Trophy, 2018/19 – Uttar Pradesh Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ↑ "List of players sold and unsold at IPL auction 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ↑ "List of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ↑ "IPL 2021: KKR's Rinku Singh ruled out with knee injury; replacement announced". CricketTimes.com. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ↑ "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ↑ "M47: KKR vs RR – Man of the Match – Rinku Singh". iplt20.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ↑ Koshie, Nihal (27 March 2022). "Hard life of the ever-smiling cricketer Rinku Singh, KKR's rising star". Indian Express. Aligarh. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ↑ "31 Runs scored by Knight Riders in the last over, the highest any team has managed in the 20th over to win a men's T20 chase". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ↑ "BCCI suspends Rinku Singh for taking part in Abu Dhabi T20 tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.