Rinku Singh’s brilliant innings in the Ranji Trophy. Rinku scored 89 runs off 110 balls with 10 fours and 3 sixes. Uttar Pradesh captain Aryan Juyal scored a century, while Rinku Singh played a stormy innings. On the basis of Juyal’s captain’s innings and Rinku’s sparkling half-century, Uttar Pradesh scored 267 runs for 6 wickets in reply to Haryana’s 453 runs on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Group C match.
The captain of the Uttar Pradesh Ranji team missed out on a century of eight runs in the last match against Bengal. This is his fourth century in first-class cricket. Haryana leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal could not perform well in this Ranji Trophy match. Rinku Singh continued his natural batting against spin.
Haryana won the toss and elected to bat first. Himanshu Rana and Dhiru Singh added 453 runs for Haryana. At this time, Yuzvendra Chahal also played an important innings of 48 runs off 152 balls. In reply, Uttar Pradesh lost 3 wickets for 43 runs. Then Rinku Singh came out to bat.
Uttar Pradesh 350/9 in 89.3 Overs #UPvHAR #RanjiTrophy #Elite Scorecard:https://t.co/IHiWX1pvaP
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After Rinku came to the field, the game’s momentum started to shift, he scored 89 runs in 110 balls with 10 fours and 3 sixes. Rinku Singh took the team to a fighting place with a 157-run partnership with captain Aryan Juyal. In his innings, he scored 25 runs in 20 balls against Chahal. Chahal gave away 57 runs in 11 overs. That is, Rinku alone has scored almost half of his runs. Chahal did not get any wicket. In August 2023, Chahal could not play any match for Team India for almost a year. Rinku Singh’s innings will please Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) supporters. Kolkata Knight Riders may retain Rinku Singh in the auction. Rinku Singh in rhythm ahead of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction.