Rinku Singh is a professional Indian cricketer who currently plays domestic cricket for Uttar Pradesh and for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2023, find out more about his brief bio, full name, age, height, net worth, career, and more
Rinku Singh primarily plays as a left-handed batman but he can also play as a right arm off break bowler.
Rinku Singh biography, full name, age, height, family, father, IPL 2023 team and salary, hometown, stats
“ My father struggled a lot, I come from a farmer's family, Every ball that I hit out of the ground was dedicated to the people who sacrificed so much for me" : Rinku Singh got emotional ( Post match ) #GTvKKR pic.twitter.com/GnjX9QJg51
— Roshan Rai (@RoshanKrRaii) April 9, 2023
Take A Bow.. Rinku Singh..🔥🔥#IPL2023 #GTvKKR pic.twitter.com/mCtdNdUB9y
— RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB) April 9, 2023
Singh has been playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders ever since joining them back in 2018 from Kings XI Punjab.
Rinku Singh brief bio
Rinku Khanchand Singh is an Indian professional cricketer who comes from a very modest background. He was born on October 12, 1997, in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, to his father Khanchandra and mother Vina Devi. Rinku has four other siblings. He recently revealed in an interview that he and his family have seen some tough times throughout their lives.
Rinku’s father delivers LPG cylinders to homes and one of his brother works as an auto-rickshaw driver. The left-handed batsman has risen through the ranks starting out as a humble cricketer, and is currently one of the most sought-after hitters.
Age and height
Rinku Singh is currently 25 years old and stands at a height of 5ft 10inch.
Playing style jersey number
Rinku primarily plays as a left-handed batsman and as a right arm off break when bowling. He wears the jersey number 35.
Current teams
Rinku currently plays for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He plays domestics cricket for Uttar Pradesh.
Net worth
Rinku Singh as an estimated net worth of around ₹41 crores or $5 million.
Rinku Singh professional career
Domestic career
Rinku Singh made his debut in List A Cricket while playing for Uttar Pradesh back in March 2014 age 16. He was the top scorer in that match with 83 runs. Singh later went on to make his first class debut for Uttar Pradesh state team on 5 November 2016.
Rinku Singh made a notable performance during the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2018 encounter against Tripura. He scored an impressive 44-ball 91 in that match.
Rinku initially earned praise as a white-ball dasher having a breakout season in the 2018-19 Ranji Trophy. He scored 953 runs in ten games with an average of 105.88 in that tournament. He also scored four centuries and three fifties besides being the third highest run-getter overall.
IPL Career
Rinku Singh made his IPL debut in 2017 after Kings XI Punjab bought him for INR 10 Lakhs. Rinku however, did not get to play in the tournament.
The following season, in 2018 Kolkata Knight Riders bought Rinku for the 10th edition of Indian Premier League for INR 80 lakhs. Interestingly his base cap was INR 20 lakhs, which meant that that franchise bought him for four ties his base cap.
Rinku Singh career stats
Most Recent Matches
| Match | R | BF | 4s | 6s | S/R | O | R | W | E/R |
| GT vs KKR | 48 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 228.57 | – | – | – | – |
| KKR vs RCB | 46 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 139.39 | – | – | – | – |
| PBKS vs KKR | 4 | 4 | – | – | 100.00 | – | – | – | – |
| ODI vs UP | 108 | 148 | 12 | 1 | 72.97 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 |
| UP vs UT | 8 | 34 | 1 | – | 23.52 | – | – | – | – |
Batting Stats
| Game Type | Mat | Inn | R | BF | NO | Avg | S/R | 100s | 50s | H | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
| T20s | 77 | 67 | 1294 | 938 | 17 | 25.88 | 137.95 | – | 6 | 79 | 108 | 51 | 40 | – |
| LISTAs | 50 | 46 | 1749 | 1838 | 13 | 53.00 | 95.15 | 1 | 16 | 104 | 149 | 45 | 24 | – |
| FIRSTCLASS | 40 | 59 | 2875 | 4056 | 11 | 59.89 | 70.88 | 7 | 19 | 163 | 337 | 28 | 30 | – |
Bowling stats
| Game Type | Mat | Inn | O | R | W | Avg | E/R | Best | 5w | 10w |
| T20s | 77 | 5 | 11 | 114 | 3 | 38.00 | 10.36 | 1/11 | – | – |
| LISTAs | 50 | 8 | 38 | 149 | 7 | 21.28 | 3.92 | 2/26 | – | – |
| FIRSTCLASS | 40 | 19 | 81 | 268 | 6 | 44.66 | 3.30 | 2/11 | – | – |