A mountain of sorrow fell on Rinku Singh amid T20 World Cup, cricketer’s fight in the field, mourning spread in the house due to father’s demise.

A mountain of sorrow has fallen on the family of Indian cricketer Rinku Singh. His father Khanchandra Singh died after a long battle with stage-4 liver cancer. This news, which came amid the T20 World Cup, has created a wave of mourning in the cricket world. It was told that Khanchandra Singh was seriously ill for some time. As his condition deteriorated, he was admitted to Yatharth Hospital (Omega-1), Greater Noida, where he was on ventilator support in the critical care unit. The PRO of the hospital informed the news agency that he breathed his last at around 5 am on February 27.

Rinku left for Aligarh from Chennai

As soon as the information about his father’s critical condition was received, Rinku left the team camp and reached Delhi from Chennai and spent time with the family. He later rejoined the team for the match against Zimbabwe. However, due to family mourning, there is suspense regarding his playing in the next matches. He was not part of the playing eleven in the match against Zimbabwe and Sanju Samson got the chance in his place. However, he was seen fielding on the field.

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In this T20 World Cup, Rinku Singh got a chance to fall down the batting order, due to which he did not get the opportunity to play many balls. He was out on single digits against America and Namibia. Against Pakistan, he played a quick inning of 11 unbeaten runs in 4 balls. Scored 6 runs on 3 balls against Netherlands, while could not even open the account against South Africa. In five innings, he has scored a total of 24 runs facing 29 balls. This period of personal grief and professional pressure is proving to be extremely challenging for Rinku Singh.