‘Meherbani selectors ki’- Fans react as Rinku Singh gets selected for India in upcoming Asian Games

Ruturaj Gaikwad will captain India’s men’s team in the forthcoming Asian Games T20 tournament. The 15-man team also includes Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, and Jitesh Sharma, who are all uncapped in T20 internationals. The Indian Cricket Board has picked a second-string men’s team as a result of the men’s ODI World Cup, which begins in India on October 5, two days before the finish of the Asian Games cricket tournament. On the other hand, the women’s squad for the competition in Hangzhou is at full strength.

Only six players from the T20I team for the Caribbean and USA tours have been included in the Asian Games roster: Jaiswal, Tilak, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, and Avesh Khan. Notably, this was the first India call-up for Uttar Pradesh batter Rinku, who had lit up the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) with his power and finishing ability. Jitesh, the Vidarbha and Punjab Kings finisher, also made the team after being left out of the T20I squads in the Caribbean Tour. This is also an occasion for Washington Sundar and his Sunrisers Hyderabad teammate Rahul Tripathi to show off their T20 skills once more.

Rinku Singh’s IPL season

Rinku expressed his delight by sharing KKR’s social media image of him in an India shirt, followed by a ‘target’ emoticon. With his batting efforts for KKR in the Indian Premier League, the batter has made a significant impression. Rinku was the star in the just-finished IPL 2023 season, scoring 474 runs in 14 matches with a strike rate of 149.53. During this time, he also scored four half-centuries.

One of his most notable IPL innings was a remarkable chase against Gujarat Titans (GT) in which he scored 28 runs off just five balls in the last over. Rinku continuously provided strong performances for the Knight Riders throughout the season, cementing his image as a rising star in the cricketing world. It will be fantastic to watch if the UP batter can continue his first-class and IPL performance in the Team India jersey.

India men’s squad for Asian games

Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahul Tripathi, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Shivam Mavi, Shivam Dube, Prabhsimran Singh (wk)

Stand-bys: Yash Thakur, R Sai Kishore, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, B Sai Sudharsan.

Here’s how fans reacted

Chad is in the Team , India winning Asian Games then

— Dhruv (@being_ingenious) July 14, 2023

Happ for you, Rinku 🥹❤️

— Hari Ganesh (😷💛) (@crazycskhari) July 14, 2023

Well Deserved. ✨

— A. (@jassxmemes) July 14, 2023

https://twitter.com/candidtruth12/status/1679911085066051584?s=20

https://twitter.com/Isubhamdm/status/1679913883937693696?s=20

Rinku singh the lord comes to bash paksitan in asina games

— prince jaiswal (@princej23150968) July 14, 2023

True

— Priyanshu Tyagi (@Priyanshu0778) July 15, 2023

Finally he getting the rewards of IPL performance.

— Cric_tok (@cric_tok) July 14, 2023