Rinku Singh earned a well-deserved maiden India callup for the upcoming T20I series in Ireland and his IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) shared an emotional video of the batter donning the India jersey for the first time and looking at himself in the mirror.
Rinku Singh said that he was emotional when he saw his name on the back of the Indian jersey. The southpaw recently earned a call-up to the Indian team for the three-match T20I series, which starts on Friday, August 18 at The Village in Dublin.
The Uttar Pradesh native was also picked for the Indian team for the Asian Games to be played in Hangzhou and his call-up came on the back of a sensational campaign for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL 2023).
He finished as the leading run-scorer for Nitish Rana’s men, having racked up 474 runs from 14 matches at an average of 59.25 and a strike-rate of 149.52 with a top score of 67 not out.
His claim to fame was a sensational knock for KKR against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad, when he hammered 5 sixes in a row when his side needed 29 runs to win to earn his side an impossible victory.
On Thursday, August 17, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) uploaded a video where Jitesh Sharma interviewed Rinku.
“It’s a good feeling because every player’s dream is to play for India. When I saw my jersey No.35 after reaching my room, I became emotional. The thing I was working hard for was finally here,” Rinku told Jitesh in a BCCI video.
To celebrate his achievement of maiden India call-up, KKR posted a video on Instagram of Rinku wearing the India jersey in front of a mirror with AR Rahman’s ‘Maa Tujhe Salaam’ playing in the background.
“This part of our lives is called happiness”- KKR captioned the video.
Rinku Singh also shared a few photos of himself in Indian T20I jersey with caption: “वन्दे मातरम्”
