Rinku Singh: Scored 371 runs, won 6 consecutive matches, still why doesn’t Rinku Singh get a place in the ODI team?

Sanjeev Kumar

khelja|06-01-2026

Rinku Singh's amazing work continues (Photo-PTI)

Rinku Singh Batting: Rinku Singh's bat is continuously scoring runs in Vijay Hazare Trophy. The big thing is that on the basis of his runs the UP team is also winning. On Tuesday, January 6, UP captain Rinku Singh scored a brilliant half-century at the Niranjan Shah Stadium. He played an innings of 57 runs in 30 balls. On the basis of Rinku Singh's strong innings, UP scored 339 runs in 50 overs and then the team won by 54 runs. Rinku Singh's batting and captaincy both have been impressive this season, apart from performing in 6 consecutive matches, he has also won 6 matches.

Rinku Singh's performance in Vijay Hazare Trophy

Rinku Singh has scored 371 runs in 6 matches in Vijay Hazare Trophy this season. This year his average is 123.66. The amazing thing is that Rinku's strike rate is more than 145. One century and 3 half-centuries have come from his bat. He has hit 29 fours and 14 sixes. Rinku Singh is in such tremendous form, his average in List A format is also amazing but despite this he does not get a chance in the Indian ODI team.

Rinku has not played ODI for 2 years

Rinku Singh has played two ODI matches for Team India. This player played ODI match on South Africa tour. He last played an ODI match in Paarl on December 21, 2023 and now 25 months have passed and this player has not got a chance in this format. But if you look at Rinku Singh's List A statistics, you will find that this player should get maximum opportunities in ODIs.

In List A cricket, Rinku Singh scored 2368 runs in 62 innings at an average of 52.62. His strike rate is more than 101 and he has scored two centuries and 21 half-centuries. Rinku Singh is a good middle order batsman and he often plays the role of match finisher but this player does not get a chance in Team India because all-rounders are needed at the number where Rinku plays. Batsmen like Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja play at that number.