India batter Rinku Singh caught the cricketing community by surprise after his engagement pictures with politician Priya Saroj emerged on social media.
The southpaw, who represents KKR in the IPL, has not been surrounded by rumors of possible link-ups with anyone. Hence, the news of his engagement was a big surprise to fans.
In an interaction with News24, Rinku shared the story behind meeting Priya Saroj, a politician associated with the Samajwadi Party.
"It started in 2022 during the COVID years when IPL was in Mumbai. I had a fan page that put up a photo of Priya about some voting in her village. Priya's sister shoots photos and videos, so I think she had asked the fan page to put up a photo for help. I saw the photo and I liked her. I thought she was perfect for me. I thought about texting her, but then I thought it wouldn't be right," Rinku said.
Rinku revealed that he only messaged Priya after she liked a few of his pictures on Instagram. "She liked a couple of my photos. Then I texted her on Instagram, and that's how it all started. Then we started talking. In a week or two, we were talking regularly, talking before matches. So, I started feeling the love from 2022," he added.
Rinku and Priya officially got engaged in a ceremony on June 8. The left-hander said that there hasn't been any change between the two since Priya became an MP.
"There has been no such change; it's just initially, we used to speak a lot, but now it has decreased significantly," Rinku said.
"She does her work, goes to the villages, talks to people, and helps them; plus there's also the parliament... but it's important for her that she does all this groundwork as a politician... If you go to her Instagram, you'd see how much she works. She goes in the morning, comes back at night so we don't get much time to talk and only talk at night," he remarked.
Rinku Singh will next be seen in action during the Asia Cup 2025, which will be played in the T20I format in the UAE from September 9 to September 28. India will open their campaign against UAE on September 10 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
