Rinku Singh (cricketer)

Rinku Singh
Personal information
Full name Rinku Khanchand Singh
Born (1997-10-12) 12 October 1997
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Batting Left-handed batsman
Bowling Right-arm off break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014–present Uttar Pradesh
2017 Kings Xi Punjab
2018–present Kolkata Knight Riders
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 May 2018

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] As of 25 December 2015, he has scored four fifties in seven List A matches.[3] He made his first-class debut for Uttar Pradesh in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy on 5 November 2016.[4]

In February 2017, he was bought by the Kings XI Punjab team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for 10 lakhs.[5] In January 2018, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2018 IPL auction.[6]

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. ↑ "Rinku Singh". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Ranji Trophy, Group A: Punjab v Uttar Pradesh at Hyderabad (Deccan), Nov 5-8, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "List of players sold and unsold at IPL auction 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "List of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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