Indian team will play a five-match T20I series against South Africa at home, starting December 9th, after the conclusion of the three-match ODI series. The BCCI announced the squad for this on December 3rd. While Hardik Pandya made a comeback, Rinku Singh was left out, a surprising decision for everyone.
Rinku Singh dropped from India vs South Africa T20I squad
Rinku had only played one match in the Asia Cup 2025 and the subsequent T20I series against Australia. Now, after being omitted from Team India’s squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Rinku Singh’s aggressive batting has been on display.
Rinku scored runs at a strike rate of 240
In Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025, Uttar Pradesh team faced Chandigarh team in Group B on December 4. In this match, UP team got a chance to bat first and scored 212 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. Rinku Singh, playing for Uttar Pradesh, played a vital role in taking the team’s score beyond 200 runs, in which he scored 24 runs in 10 balls. During this, Rinku also hit 2 fours and 2 sixes. Sameer Rizvi from Uttar Pradesh’s bat scored 70 runs in 42 balls in this match.
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In this match against Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh scored 212 runs and restricted Chandigarh to 172 runs in 20 overs with their superb bowling. Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s bowling performance was evident for UP in this match, taking 3 wickets for just 23 runs in his 4 overs. Vipraaj Nigam also took 2 wickets, while Shivam Mavi, Kartik Tyagi, and Prashant Veer took 1 wicket each. This was UP’s fifth match in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025. With their third win, they are now second in the Group B points table with 12 points.