The star T20I batter, Rinku Singh has been added to India A squad for the 2nd Four-day match against England Lions to be played at Ahmedabad from 24th January onwards. He is being named in the squad for the 3rd unofficial Test match.
His inclusion will add firepower to the India A squad for the 2nd unofficial Test. The first unofficial Test match between India A and England Lions ended in a draw. It was a brilliant batting display by India A batters in the second innings. Chasing 490 runs to win, KS Bharat and Manav Suthar stitched a superb partnership for the 6th wicket that helped India A post 426 for 5 falling short of the target.
Rinku Singh has shown tremendous success in shorter formats with a brilliant unbeaten knock in the third T20I match against Afghanistan in Bengaluru putting on 190 runs for the 5th wicket along with Rohit Sharma who helped India recover to post 212 for 4.
He also made his ODI debut during the One-day international series against South Africa in South Africa. Rinku Singh scored 17 in his debut match at Port Elizabeth and then scored a quickfire 38 in the final ODI at Paarl which helped India post a competitive total.
Rinku Singh’s impressive first-class record
Rinku Singh has an impressive first-class record for Uttar Pradesh. He made his first-class debut against Punjab on 5th November 2016. Since his debut, Singh has played 44 matches (65 innings) with 3109 runs with 7 centuries and 20 half-centuries to his name including the best score of 163 not out.
Singh will add firepower to India A batting lineup in the second four-day match that will commence from 24th January onwards. He would look to showcase his prowess against the England Lions bowling lineup and stake a claim in India’s squad during longer format.
He made it into the India senior team with some stunning performances in the IPL 2023 for Kolkata Knight Riders.
Updated India A squad:
Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Tilak Varma, Kumar Kushagra, Washington Sundar, Sourabh Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Vidwath Kaverrappa, Upendra Yadav, Akash deep Singh, Yash Dayal, Rinku Singh.
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