‘6,6,4,4,4,4,4,4,4…’, Rinku Singh wreaked havoc in Ranji, converted Test to T20, scored a stormy century of 64 runs in 15 balls

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|01-08-2024

Rinku Singh: The journey of Team India's explosive batsman Rinku Singh, who made his international cricket debut last year, is quite inspiring. Actually, the father of this young player works as a door-to-door cylinder delivery boy. Coming from a poor family, this UP boy has made his mark in world cricket.

However, before making his mark in international cricket, Rinku has worked hard in domestic cricket. The stormy innings played by the left-handed batsman in the year 2018 brought him fame for the first time. Let us once again discuss that historic innings.

When Rinku Singh's bat caused havoc

Rinku Singh

This incident is of 20 November, 2018. Ranji Trophy was being played. Under this, Uttar Pradesh and Services faced each other. After winning the toss, the Services team decided to bat first. Batting first, this team scored 260 runs. The UP team, which came to play in response, was seen surrounded by difficulties at one time.

However, Rinku Singh pulled his team out of this situation. This left-handed batsman faced 230 balls and scored 163 runs with the help of 13 fours and 2 sixes. Let us tell you that he scored 64 runs only from boundaries. On the basis of this innings, UP scored 535 runs in the first innings. When Services scored 225 runs in the second innings, the match was declared a draw.

Such was the performance against Sri Lanka

Recently Rinku Singh was a part of the Indian team in the ongoing three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka. The 26-year-old player got a chance to play in all three matches. However, he failed to do anything special. He could score only 2 runs in two innings of three matches.

However, Rinku made a significant contribution to India's victory in the third T20 match with his bowling. In fact, in the 19th over, this young cricketer used his spin magic and turned the tables of the match by taking two Sri Lankan players as his victims. After this, Rinku Singh can now be seen playing in the T20 series against Bangladesh.

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