Rinku Singh

The third of five siblings, Rinku Singh hails from Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh. Coming from a humble background, things haven't been trouble-free for this left-handed batsman. Son of an LPG delivery man and brother of an auto-rickshaw driver, Rinku Singh has struggled quite a bit in his young days to reach this stage. In 2013, Rinku Singh was selected for UP's under-16 team and a couple of years later he was also picked for UP's under-19 team for his talent as an aggressive batsman. Known as a hard hitter of the cricket ball, the southpaw notched up a swashbuckling 31-ball 95 in one of the games at a camp held by the Mumbai Indians that same year. Another notable performance by Rinku Singh came during Uttar Pradesh's Vijay Hazare Trophy 2018 encounter where he played a sweltering knock of 44-ball 91* against Tripura.

Rinku was one of those incredible young Indian talents to be backed by the Kolkata Knight Riders. Along with Shivam Mavi and Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Rinku was another 'slightly unknown buy' for KKR. This after KXIP had purchased the youngster's services for the 2017 IPL for his base price of Rs.10 lakhs.

But at the 2018 auction table, Rinku's stocks kept rising, and he fetched four times his base price of Rs. 20 lakhs to be bagged by KKR at Rs. 80 lakhs. But his chances were few and far in between and he ended up scoring only 29 runs from the 4 games he played. But KKR decided to retain the services of the destructive middle-order bat.