New Delhi [India]March 10 (ANI): Indian batsman Rinku Singh penned down an emotional letter remembering his late father following his T20 World Cup win. The left-handed batter’s father passed away amid his son’s T20 World Cup campaign.
Taking to Instagram, Rinku wrote an emotional note of remembrance for his father, wishing that he was there to witness him lift the T20 World Cup title.
“Never spent this day without talking to you. I don’t know how my life will go on without you… but I will need you at every step. You taught me that duty comes first… I was just trying to fulfill your dream on the field. Now your dream has been fulfilled… so I just feel that I wish you were there for me. hote badi mein aapki khalegi. I have not gone so many days without talking to you. I do not know how life would go on without you. You taught me that there is nothing above duty and I was trying to fulfill your dream on the field. little happiness. I will miss you a lot papa),” posted Rinku.
Rinku’s father, Khanchand Singh, passed away at a hospital in Greater Noida and was cremated in Aligarh with a large number of people paying their tributes. Khanchand breathed his last at a hospital in Greater Noida on Friday morning after battling fourth-stage cancer. Grief-stricken Rinku gave a shoulder to the mortal remains of his father as the funeral procession made its way to the crematorium.
Rinku had earlier rushed back home from the T20 World Cup squad to be with his family after his father’s condition worsened after India’s first Super 8 fixture against South Africa. The batter then returned to Chennai to join the Indian squad ahead of the Zimbabwe clash on Thursday, which India won. It was during the aftermath of this clash that news of his father’s demise emerged.
The middle-order batter had a mixed bag World Cup with the bat, often arriving at the crease with very few balls left to score. He has made just 24 runs in five innings, staying unbeaten twice and having a best score of 11*. In 10 T20Is this year, the left-hander has made 115 runs in eight innings at an average of 28.75, with a strike rate of 132.18 and best score of 44*. (ANI)
