Rinku Singh, playing for Uttar Pradesh in the group stage match of Ranji Trophy, scored his second consecutive century. He played a brilliant inning of 176 runs against Tamil Nadu, in which he hit 17 fours and 6 sixes. This is also Rinku’s best score in first class.

There is a lot of excitement going on in India’s prestigious first class cricket competition Ranji Trophy. Many big players perform brilliantly in this tournament and make a place in the Indian national cricket team, hence the players try to do well in it. Rinku Singh is also one of them, who has played for the national team but as of now his place is not considered confirmed. Meanwhile, he played an innings which could impress the selectors.

Played the biggest first class innings

Rinku Singh’s inning of 176 runs played against Tamil Nadu in Ranji Trophy is the biggest first class inning of his career. Rinku Singh, who played for KKR in IPL, had also scored a century in his last Ranji Trophy match. He scored an unbeaten 165 runs in the match against Andhra in October. Let us tell you that he also bowled in both the matches, although he could not get any wicket.

Talking about Rinku Singh’s first class cricket career, he has scored 3677 runs in 52 matches, which includes 9 centuries and 22 half-centuries. He has debuted for India in ODI and T20. He has scored 55 runs in 2 ODIs and 550 runs in 35 T20s.

staked claim for test team

The performance that Rinku Singh has made in the Ranji Trophy has forced the selectors to think whether Rinku Singh can be included in the Test team as well. Currently, the Test series is going on between India and South Africa, in the first match of which Team India lost while chasing the target of 124 runs.

Rinku Singh plays for KKR

Kolkata Knight Riders have retained only 12 players before the IPL 2026 auction, one of which is Rinku Singh. Rinku is the main player of the team, who was retained by the franchise for Rs 13 crore last year. The big thing is that before that his IPL price was less than Rs 1 crore.

Varun Chakraborty will captain the Tamil Nadu team in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. This T20 tournament would have started between India vs South Africa test series. Tamil Nadu has named Varun Chakraborty as captain and N Jagadeesan as vice-captain in the 16-member squad for the domestic T20 tournament Syed Mushtaq Ali.

This will be the first time that Varun Chakraborty will be captaining the Tamil Nadu team. Chakraborty is continuously performing well for the Indian team in T20 International cricket. After returning to Team India in 2024, Chakraborty has taken 43 wickets in 23 matches. His experience and excellent form in international cricket will help Tamil Nadu to perform better.

Tamil Nadu team has been placed in Elite Group D in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament. Delhi, Saurashtra, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Uttarakhand and Tripura are also included in this group. The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024-25 title was won by Mumbai, while the Tamil Nadu team finished fifth in Group B.

Tamil Nadu squad for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy:

Varun Chakravarthy (Captain), N Jagadeesan (Vice-Captain), Tushar Raheja (WK), Amit Satwik, Shahrukh Khan, Andre Siddharth, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Shivam Singh, R Sai Kishore, M. Siddharth, T Natarajan, Gurjapaneet Singh, A Esakkimuthu, Sonu Yadav, R Silambarasan, Hrithik Easwaran (WK).

Varun Chakraborty is currently playing only T20 matches for the Indian team. BCCI has announced the Indian squad for the Test and ODI series against South Africa. Varun Chakraborty’s name is nowhere present in these.

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Sai Sudarshan got injured before the Indian team’s Australian tour. This injury to Sudarshan came in the second test between India vs West Indies played in Delhi, in which Team India was victorious by 7 wickets. Due to this injury, Sudarshan will not be able to be a part of the Tamil Nadu team in the first match of Ranji Trophy against Jharkhand. In the second test, Sudarshan scored 87 runs in the first innings and 39 runs in the second innings.

Sai Sudarshan was injured while fielding on the third day of the India vs West Indies Test. After the shot by John Campbell, the ball hit the chest of Sudarshan, who was fielding at short leg position. He did not field in the remaining innings of West Indies, but came to bat on the fourth day. His injury was not described as serious. N Jagadeesan, who was part of the Indian team against West Indies, may soon join the Tamil Nadu team, but due to injury, Sudarshan may sit out of the first match.

Talking about his performance in the Test series against West Indies, Sai Sudarshan could bat in one innings in the first match, in which he could score only 7 runs. But in the second test he scored 126 runs in both the innings combined. Sudarshan was not selected in any squad for T20 and ODI for the Australian tour.

Ranji Trophy starting tomorrow

Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season is going to start tomorrow i.e. from 15th October. Sai Sudarshan’s domestic team Tamil Nadu has been placed in Group A. Along with it, Nagaland, Odisha, defending champion Vidarbha, Andhra, Uttar Pradesh and Baroda are also in Group A. Tamil Nadu last won the Ranji Trophy in 1987-88.

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