T20 World Cup 2026: Rinku Singh will rejoin the Indian team on Saturday

Updated: 27-02-2026, 05.56 PM

What is the news?

Khanchand Singh, father of Indian cricketer Rinku Singh, passed away on Friday. His father had lost the battle of liver cancer. There is news that Rinku will rejoin the Indian team on Saturday after his father’s funeral. Let us tell you that India has to play a match against West Indies on March 1, for which Rinku will be available. Let’s take a look at this news.

Rinku will join the team in Kolkata

BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia IANS Told, “Rinku Singh will join the team in Kolkata tomorrow.” Let us tell you that the Indian team has to play the match against West Indies at Eden Garden Stadium. The team that wins this match will enter the semi-finals. In such a situation, the Indian team would not like to leave any stone unturned in the important match. Talking about Rinku’s performance, in the current edition she has scored a total of 24 runs in 5 innings with a strike rate of 82.75.

Rinku’s father used to do gas cylinder delivery work.

Rinku’s childhood was full of struggles. In an interview, he said, “There are 5 brothers in my family. Papa used to work in gas cylinder delivery. All of us brothers used to work together with him. We used to pick up 2 cylinders each and go to homes and hotels for delivery. The whole family supported Papa. Wherever there were matches, all of us brothers used to go to play together. Papa used to refuse to play in the beginning, but mother used to support.