Rinku Singh (cricketer)

Rinku Singh (born 12 October 1997) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Uttar Pradesh in domestic cricket and Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL. He is a left-hand batsman and occasional right-arm off break bowler. He represented Uttar Pradesh at the Under-16, Under-19 and Under-23 levels and Central Zone at the Under-19 level.[1] 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.[2]He made his first-class debut for Uttar Pradesh in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy on 5 November 2016.[3]

Rinku Singh
Personal information
Full nameRinku Khanchand Singh
Born (1997-10-12) 12 October 1997
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014–presentUttar Pradesh
2017Kings XI Punjab
2018–presentKolkata Knight Riders
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 26 30 53
Runs scored 1,957 924 763
Batting average 63.12 42.00 20.62
100s/50s 5/12 0/7 0/3
Top score 163* 91* 56*
Balls bowled 282 198 42
Wickets 5 7 2
Bowling average 30.00 17.42 45.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/11 2/26 1/11
Catches/stumpings 22/– 14/– 28/–
Source: Cricinfo, 27 January 2020

In February 2017, he was bought by the Kings XI Punjab team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for 10 lakhs.[4] In January 2018, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2018 IPL auction.[5] 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.[6] He finished the tournament with 953 runs in ten matches.[7]

On May 30, 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.[8]

References
  1. "Teams Rinku Singh played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  2. "Central Zone: Uttar Pradesh v Vidarbha at Jaipur, Mar 5, 2014". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  3. "Ranji Trophy, Group A: Punjab v Uttar Pradesh at Hyderabad (Deccan), Nov 5-8, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  4. "List of players sold and unsold at IPL auction 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  5. "List of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  6. "From irresistible Rajasthan to inconsistent Karnataka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  7. "Ranji Trophy, 2018/19 - Uttar Pradesh: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  8. "BCCI suspends Rinku Singh for taking part in Abu Dhabi T20 tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
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