Star India batter Rinku Singh was spotted at the airport with his fiancée, MP Priya Saroj. This comes after India’s win in the T20 World Cup 2026 final against New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday, March 8.
The Men in Blue were outstanding on the night of the final, securing a massive 96-run victory after posting 255 to claim their record third T20 World Cup title.
After the triumph, when Rinku returned on Monday, March 9, he was received by Priya Saroj at the airport. Meanwhile, spinner Kuldeep Yadav was also seen arriving along with him.
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During the World Cup, Rinku played five matches and scored 24 runs. Overall, the southpaw has featured in 45 T20Is, scoring 665 runs in 33 innings at an average of 39.11 and a strike rate of 155.73, including three fifties.
Rinku Singh will next be seen in action during IPL 2026
Rinku Singh will next return to action in IPL 2026, which is set to begin later this month on March 28. The southpaw will continue to represent the three-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
The 28-year-old has played 59 matches in the tournament, all for KKR. The middle-order batter has scored 1099 runs in 51 innings at an average of 30.52 and a strike rate of 145.17, including four fifties, with a best score of 67 not out.
Meanwhile, the franchise will be aiming to bounce back after a disappointing 2025 season, where they finished eighth on the points table with 12 points from 14 matches.
Here’s the Knight Riders’ full squad for IPL 2026: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Harshit Rana, Finn Allen, Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Varun Chakaravarthy, Matheesha Pathirana, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Rovman Powell, Vaibhav Arora, Umran Malik, Cameron Green, Tejasvi Singh, Tim Seifert (wk), Rahul Tripathi, Kartik Tyagi, Daksh Kamra, Sarthak Ranjan, Prashant Solanki, Akash Deep, Rachin Ravindra.
Edited by Dev Sharma