Does Rinku Singh want to captain in IPL… Eye on winning the title?

New Delhi. Rinku Singh can be made the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2025. Team India’s new finisher Rinku has been with KKR since 2018. he/she was retained by Knight Riders for Rs 18 crore before the mega auction of IPL 2025. Rinku has recently been given the command of the UP team for the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Vijay Hazare Trophy is starting from 21st December. UP’s first match is against Manipur. After being given the captaincy of UP in Vijay Hazare Trophy, Rinku is expected to be given the command of KKR in IPL. However, amid all this, left-handed batsman Rinku Singh is not thinking much about the captaincy of KKR. his/her eyes are currently on making UP the champion in Vijay Hazare Trophy. UP won the first title of Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2015-16.

Rinku Singh said on the eve of the match against Manipur, ‘I am not thinking much about the captaincy of KKR in the upcoming IPL season. At this time my focus is on getting the trophy for the Uttar Pradesh team. I want our team to win the Vijay Hazare Trophy again. We won the trophy for the first time in 2015-16. Keeping the future in mind, Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association has recently handed over the command of the team to Rinku Singh. Earlier the command of the team was in the hands of Bhuveshwar Kumar but Bhuvi is 34 years old. In such a situation, UPCA wanted to give the reins of the team in the hands of the youth.

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‘I want to do better in captaincy’
Rinku Singh is leading the team at the senior level for the first time. Earlier, he/she was seen captaining Meerut Mavericks in the UPT20 League. Rinku Singh said that it was a big thing for me to captain Meerut Mavericks in the UPT20 League. I am happy that I performed well. I really enjoyed the captaincy. I got to learn many things from this. Now I am also focusing on my bowling. As the captain of Uttar Pradesh team, I want to play a big role.

Uttar Pradesh squad for Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25 is as follows: Rinku Singh (captain), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Madhav Kaushik, Karan Sharma, Priyam Garg, Nitish Rana, Abhishek Goswami, Akshdeep Nath, Aryan Juyal, Aaradhya Yadav, Saurabh Kumar, Kritiya Kumar Singh, Vipraj Nigam, Mohsin Khan, Shivam Mavi, Aaqib. Khan, Atal Bihari Rai, Kartikya Jaiswal, Vineet Panwar.

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