Rinku has got a place in the Indian team for the World Cup, the reason behind which is his continued excellent form in domestic cricket. In the Vijay Hazare Trophy also, in the match played against Chandigarh on December 26, Rinku Singh’s excellent unbeaten inning of 106 runs was seen from his bat, in which his strike rate was seen to be 176.67.
Rinku Singh again proved his ability as a hard hitting finisher
In the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26, a Group B match was played between Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh at the Rajkot ground. Batting first, Uttar Pradesh scored 367 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 50 overs. Captain Rinku Singh played a key role in taking them to this position, performing his role as a finisher admirably. By the time Rinku came out to bat, Uttar Pradesh had scored 170 runs in 31.2 overs.
From here he took the responsibility of scoring runs quickly from one end in which Aryan Juyal supported him well. There was a partnership of 134 runs between the two for the fourth wicket. Aryan Juyal was out in this match after scoring 134 runs. Whereas Rinku Singh played the role of finisher with full responsibility and took the score beyond 350.
In his unbeaten innings of 106 runs, Rinku Singh hit 11 fours and 4 sixes in which his strike rate was seen to be 176.67.Uttar Pradesh scored a mammoth total of 367 runs against Chandigarh in this match and also managed to win it by 227 runs. Chasing the target of 368 runs in this match, Chandigarh’s team was restricted to just 140 runs in 29.3 overs.
In this, the bowling of Uttar Pradesh’s leg spinner Zeeshan Ansari was seen, who took 4 wickets for 29 runs in his 7 overs. With this victory, Uttar Pradesh is at the top of the Group B team after playing 2 matches, winning both the matches in which their net run rate is 3.110. Uttar Pradesh now has to play its next match against Baroda team on 29th December.