‘He can attack when he needs to do’ – Former South Africa legend on India’s power hitter Rinku Singh’s brilliance in middle order

South Africa legendary top order batter Jacques Kallis recently acknowledged India’s power hitter Rinku Singh for his skill to play attacking shots in the middle order. Kallis discussed that Rinku Singh does not play random silly shots but powers up whenever the team requires them while finishing the games for India. 

Rinku Singh made his debut for India during the their tour of Ireland and in the six innings he has played for the country, he has managed to score 180 runs in 96 balls. Singh recently scored 105 runs in Australia tour of India while hitting 13 fours and 4 sixes in the middle order. 

Jacques Kallis on Rinku Singh’s mindful shot selection 

“He’s a class act. You know, as we’ve seen over the last few months, what he’s done for India by finishing games. It’s not just silly cricket. It’s a real good cricketing shots when it needs to be. He can attack when he needs to do that towards the back end of an innings”, Kallis said. 

“So you know the ideal batter to be batting at number six. Along with the rest, the team, that’s a formidable finishing to an innings. In case one doesn’t come off, you know, you’ve got a few others that can step up and do it. So, for me, Rinku should be number six and given a proper opportunity,” he added.

India’s squad for tour of South Africa 

India ODI Squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Rajat Patidar, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (C)(wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar.

T20I Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ravindra Jadeja (VC), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Deepak Chahar.

India Test Squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), KL Rahul (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Mohd. Shami*, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Prasidh Krishna.

India’s schedule for tour of South Africa