Rinku Singh Update: A mountain of sorrow fell on Indian cricket team’s star batsman Rinku Singh on Friday (27 February). Around 5 in the morning the news came that Rinku’s father Khanchand Singh, who was suffering from liver cancer, had passed away. Last night i.e. on Thursday, Team India played the second match of Super-8 against Zimbabwe in Chennai, in which Rinku did not get a place in the playing 11.

Now the question is arising whether Rinku is out of the current T20 World Cup after the death of his father? So let us know what is the latest update given by the Board of Control for Cricket in India i.e. BCCI regarding Rinku Singh.

Rinku Singh reached Noida

BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia, while talking to news agency IANS, said, “On behalf of BCCI, I express my deepest condolences to Rinku Singh and his family in this difficult time. He had reached Grader Noida hospital from Chennai at 5 am, where his father was undergoing treatment.”

will not play the next match

Further Devjit Saikia told that Rinku will not play the next match of Super-8 against West Indies. At present he is not out of the entire World Cup. Men in Blue have to play the match against West Indies in Kolkata. Let us tell you that this match will be a virtual quarter final for Team India. The team that wins this match will become the second semi-finalist from Group-1.

Was admitted to the hospital on 21 February

It is noteworthy that Rinku’s father, who was suffering from cancer, was admitted to Yatharth Hospital in Grader Noida on 21st February after his health deteriorated. Rinku had once before left the Team India camp to see his father.