Rinku Singh Government job: Indian cricketer Rinku Singh has got a government job. Two big pieces of good news have come together for Rinku, because recently Kolkata Knight Riders has appointed him as the vice-captain. Now he has been appointed to the post of Regional Sports Officer in Uttar Pradesh Government. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath gave him the appointment letter.

Apart from Rinku Singh, the UP government is also going to give government jobs to 6 other athletes, who have won medals for India at the international level. These include hockey player Rajkumar Pal, javelin throw athlete Ajit Singh, runner Simran and Paralympic gold medalist Praveen Kumar.

What will be Rinku Singh’s work?

Regional Sports Officer is a second class Gazetted Officer. Their job is to promote sports activities in the state, maintain the grounds and find and nurture new talent.

How much salary will Rinku Singh take?

In Uttar Pradesh, a regional sports officer generally gets a salary of Rs 70-90 thousand. Rinku Singh will also get the same salary. Rinku was made an overnight star by IPL, in a match against Gujarat Titans in IPL 2023, he gave a memorable victory to KKR by hitting Yash Dayal for 5 consecutive sixes in the last over. After that Rinku has not looked back in her career.

Rinku Singh has become the star finisher of the Indian cricket team. He won the gold medal in the Asian Games with Team India, won the Asia Cup and was also recently a part of India’s T20 World Cup winning team.

Will be the vice-captain of KKR

Before IPL 2026, Kolkata Knight Riders have appointed Rinku Singh as the vice-captain of the team. Ajinkya Rahane will be captaining the Kolkata team. Let us tell you that KKR had retained Rinku for Rs 13 crore.

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Indian cricket team’s star batsman Rinku Singh has been appointed Regional Sports Officer by the Uttar Pradesh government. Rinku has been given this post for her excellent performance at the international level. Rinku was a part of the title-winning Team India in the recently concluded 2026 T20 World Cup. However, this question is also arising in the minds of many people that how much salary will Rinku get in her government job?

Rinku Singh’s salary?

According to media reports, Rinku Singh’s salary for the post of Regional Sports Officer can be between Rs 70,000 to Rs 80,000. Although this is not the official figure of salary.

Work of Regional Sports Officer?

If we talk about what work does the Regional Sports Officer do? So let us tell you that the person living here has many responsibilities. The officer has to look after the grounds and sports related things in his area. The work of implementing sports related schemes of the state government at the grassroots level, identifying the talent of players, etc. is done by the Regional Sports Officer.

Promotion in KKR also

The franchise has also given a big responsibility to Rinku Singh, who has been playing for Kolkata Knight Riders for a long time. Rinki has been made the vice-captain for the 2026 IPL. Ajinkya Rahane will be seen captaining the team in the season.

Captain. Vice-Captain. Sorted pic.twitter.com/reeySu1chL

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) March 24, 2026

Rinku Singh’s IPL career

Rinku has played 59 matches in his IPL career so far. Batting in 52 innings of these matches, he scored 1099 runs at an average of 30.52 and strike rate of 145.17. During this period, he scored 4 half-centuries, in which the high score was 67* runs. Let us tell you that Rinku made his IPL debut in 2018. He has been playing for Kolkata Knight Riders since the beginning.

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