Rinku Singh Wants To Join This Franchise If Not Retained By KKR In IPL 2025. It's Not MI Or CSK

19.08.2024 - 12:45 sports.ndtv.com

India batter Rinku Singh is an aggressive batter, who gained widespread recognition for his powerful hitting. Rinku came into the limelight after he took Kolkata Knight Riders to victory after smashing five sixes in an over against Yash Dayal of Gujarat Titans in IPL 2023.

He then made his international debut and played many match winning knocks for India. So far, he has played 23 T20Is and two ODIs for India.

It won't be wrong to say that Rinku is arguably one of the best finishers from India. It is highly likely that there will be a mega auction ahead of IPL 2025 and major changes in the team formation can be seen.

As teams will not be allowed to retain more than four to five players, Rinku was recently asked to chose a franchise if KKR don't retain him.

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