Rinku Singh is an Indian Cricket player Plays in Indian Premiere League(IPL) for Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR).In this article we are giving you accurate information about Rinku Singh IPL Price 2024, height, weight, wiki, net worth, girl friend etc. He was born in 12 October, 1987 in Aligarh, Utter Pradesh, India. As of 2023, he is 26 years old. He is a batter and bats left handed.
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Rinku Singh IPL Journey
Rinku Singh is a very attacking player known for his power hitting abilities, best known in IPL history as a finisher. In the IPL he plays for Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR). For domestic he plays for Uttar Pradesh. He is known for his left handed batting and right handed off-spin. Rinku gained a name and fame in 2023 IPL match. The match was being played between Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR), in the historic Narendra Modi stadium, Ahmedabad. KKR was chasing the match of 200 runs. KKR needed 28 runs of 5 balls of last over of the match, when he came to strike. He played a crucial role for Kolkata , hitting 5 consecutive sixes in the last 5 balls of the final over. This extraordinary power-hitting performance brought him into limelight.
Rinku Singh family background
Rinku is the third child among his five siblings. Rinku was born to a poor family in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. His father was Khan Chandra Singh worked in LPG distributor company in Aligarh. Rinku lived with his parents in a two room house provided his fathers employer.
Rinku Singh IPL career
Rinku was acquired by KKR in 2018 for INR 80lakh. Even though the first season did not go well. Considering his potential, he was retained by KKR in the year 2019 as well. Rinku was worked hard on his batting with KKR Assistant coach Abhishek Nair at the KKR academy during the season. Rinku did splendid job in the Ranji Trophy in 2018-2019 season for Uttar Pradesh. He scored 953 runs in that season. He was the third highest run scorer in the in ten innings( 163*, 149, 149, 150). But he does not visible runs in IPL till now. Hope he will perform in the coming IPL season as per his name and fame. We are expecting at least remarkable performance in the IPL this year.
International career
Rinku made International debut against Ireland in the in August 2023, at Village. Rinku played a remarkable match winning game against Australia in 23 November 2023 at Vishakhapatnam in first T20I match. He also played a unbeaten match against Australia in 26 November 2023, scored 31 runs off just 9balls at Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala.
Suspension
Rinku was suspended for three months by BCCI(Board of Control for Cricket in India), without taking permission to play Ramadhan T20 match at Abu Dhabi, UAE. He was suspended for three months for not taking permission prior to play T20 match at Abu Dhabi.