Star Indian middle-order batter Rinku Singh took to Instagram on Tuesday (March 10) to share an emotional post for his late father Khanchand Singh, who passed away at a hospital in Greater Noida on February
27 following a prolonged illness.
Rinku attended his father’s funeral in Aligarh a day after India played their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8s match against Zimbabwe in Chennai on February 26 before flying to Kolkata to join India’s squad ahead of their must-win match against the West Indies at Eden Gardens on March 1.
A couple of days after India defeated New Zealand by 96 runs in Ahmedabad to win the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 final, Rinku remembered his late father and stated that he took the field to fulfil his dream.
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“Aapse baat kiye bina itne din kabhi nahi nikale. Mujhe nahi pata aage ki zindagi aapke bina kaise chalegi… par mujhe har kadam par aapki zaroorat padegi.”
“Aapne sikhaya tha ki farz sabse aage hai.. toh field par bas aapka sapna poora karne ki koshish kar raha tha. Ab aapka sapna pura ho gaya hai…. toh bas yahi lagta hai ki kash aap mere paas hote.”
“Har chhoti badi khushi mein aapki kami khalegi. Bohot miss karunga aapko Papa… bohot zyada,” Rinku captioned the Instagram post.
Rinku’s performance in T20 World Cup 2026
Rinku played the first five matches for India in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 and registered scores of 6, 1, 11*, 6* and 0 runs against the USA, Namibia, Pakistan, the Netherlands and South Africa, respectively. He was dropped from India’s playing XI for the Super 8s match against Zimbabwe in Chennai on February 26 for Sanju Samson. Samson added 25 runs to his India’s total in the match against Zimbabwe at Chepauk and then played knocks of 97 runs from 50 balls against the West Indies, 89 from 42 balls against England and 89 from 46 balls against New Zealand in the final match on Sunday, March 8.
Samson finished as the highest run scorer for India in the T20 World Cup 2026, and for amassing a total of 321 runs, he also won the Player Of The Tournament award.
