Rinku Singh (cricketer)

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Rinku Singh
Personal information
Full nameRinku Khanchand Singh
Born (1997-10-12) 12 October 1997 (age 26)
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 107)18 August 2023 v Ireland
Last T20I20 August 2023 v Ireland
T20I shirt no.35
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014–presentUttar Pradesh
2017Kings XI Punjab
2018–Kolkata Knight Riders
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 2 40 50 91
Runs scored 38 2875 1749 1806
Batting average 38.00 59.89 53.00 30.61
100s/50s 0/0 7/19 1/16 0/10
Top score 38 163* 104* 79
Balls bowled – 486 228 66
Wickets – 6 7 3
Bowling average – 44.66 21.28 38.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling – 2/11 2/26 1/11
Catches/stumpings 0/– 30/– 24/– 48/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  India
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Source: Cricinfo, 20 August 2023

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ↑ "Rinku Singh, Prasidh Krishna make T20I debuts for India against Ireland". The Times Of India. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "Teams Rinku Singh played for". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Central Zone: Uttar Pradesh v Vidarbha at Jaipur, Mar 5, 2014". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "From irresistible Rajasthan to inconsistent Karnataka". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "List of players sold and unsold at IPL auction 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  10. ↑ "List of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  13. ↑ "M47: KKR vs RR – Man of the Match – Rinku Singh". iplt20.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ "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.
  16. ↑ "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.

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