This KKR batter can take MS Dhoni's place: Navjot Singh Sidhu' big prediction

While speaking to Star Sports, Sidhu said, “Rinku Singh tin instrumentality MS Dhoni’s place. He tin decorativeness games similar the seasoned player. Rinku is talented and tin deed shots to each parts of the ground. Like Mahi, helium is calm and relaxed and takes nary unit contempt challenging situations. He is the aboriginal of the Indian cricket and helium volition play a relation of a finisher for a agelong time."

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Singh is simply a left-handed power-hitter batter who is presently playing for the Kolkata Knights Riders. Rinku Singh, aged 26, gained wide attraction erstwhile helium deed 5 consecutive sixes during Kolkata Knight Riders' thrilling last-over triumph against Gujarat Titans successful the IPL 2023. His sanction has besides been doing rounds for the 15-member Indian squad, which volition beryllium held successful the USA and West Indies crossed June. 

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Earlier, Shah Rukh Khan besides said that it is his idiosyncratic prime to spot Rinku Singh successful the T20 World Cup Squad. During an interrogation connected Star Sports, "Such astonishing players are playing for the country. I americium truly looking guardant to Rinku, Inshallah being successful the World Cup Squad and immoderate different youngsters from different teams also. Some of them merit it truthful much, but my idiosyncratic privation is that Rinku makes it to the team. I volition beryllium truthful happy. That volition beryllium the precocious constituent for me."

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This is not the archetypal clip Singh's sanction has popped up to beryllium included successful the T20 World Cup squad. Earlier, erstwhile India batter and commentator Sanjay Manjrekar excessively had said that Singh's enactment for the upcoming tourney indispensable not beryllium a substance of contented for selectors. 

"Because he's not getting galore opportunities, I anticipation selectors won't hide astir Rinku Singh. He's a consecutive walk-in into the Indian team. Every clip helium has got the opportunity, you've seen however bully helium tin be, successful the consciousness of his consistency and the scope that helium has. He's idiosyncratic who I like, isolated from the halfway of the Indian team, isolated from the large names we are reasoning about," Firstpost quoted Manjrekar arsenic saying.

A look astatine Rinku Singh's T20 crippled truthful far

Born successful 1997, Singh made his debut successful a T20I for India against Ireland successful 2023. Till now, Rinku has played 15 T20Is matches and scored 356 runs astatine a onslaught complaint of 176.23. Additionally, helium has besides played 120 T20 matches and scored 2503 astatine a onslaught complaint of 148.19.

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Published: 30 Apr 2024, 12:26 PM IST