Rinku Singh To Lead UP In Vijay Hazare Trophy
Explosive India batter Rinku Singh was on Friday named Uttar Pradesh captain for the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy, marking his first stint as skipper on the senior state degree. He succeeds Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who led the facet within the recently-concluded Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Rinku, who led Meerut Mavericks to the UPT20 League title earlier this 12 months, is eager to benefit from this chance. He scored 210 runs in 9 innings at a strike fee of 161.54 largely as a finisher within the match.
“It was a giant alternative for me to guide Meerut Mavericks within the UPT20 League, and I’m comfortable that I may ship,” Rinku was quoted saying in ESPNCricinfo. “I actually loved captaincy because it allowed me to be taught many issues.”
In IPL, Rinku, the designated finisher for Kolkata Knight Riders, was retained by the franchise alongside Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy and Ramandeep Singh.
The reigning champions may have a brand new captain this season after they launched Shreyas Iyer, who has now joined Punjab Kings.
In such a situation, Rinku’s captaincy shall be in focus within the home one-dayers as KKR even have the likes of Ajinkya Rahane and Venkatesh Iyer as their potential captain for the following IPL.
“I’m not pondering an excessive amount of concerning the captaincy of KKR within the new IPL season,” Rinku mentioned. “I’m centered on my plans for Uttar Pradesh, as I would like my workforce to regain the trophy we had received for the primary time in 2015-16.”
The nationwide selectors may have an in depth have a look at the Vijay Hazare Trophy to finalise the India squad for the Champions Trophy in February-March subsequent 12 months.
Whereas Rinku has change into an everyday for India in T20Is, he has to this point performed simply two ODIs, having made his debut a 12 months in the past in South Africa. Rinku has amassed 1,899 runs in 52 Record A innings at a mean of 48.69. UP kick off their marketing campaign towards Jammu and Kashmir on December 21.
