IPL 2025 Retention: Star batter Rinku Singh was retained by the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. The Kolkata-based franchise got here up with their closing retention record forward of the public sale. The left-hand batter was retained for INR 13 crore alongside Varun Chakravarthy (INR 12 crores), Sunil Narine (INR 12 crore), Andre Russell (INR 12 crore) and Ramandeep Singh (INR 4 crore). Notably, the Kolkata-based group didn’t retain Shreyas Iyer who guided them to win the IPL title final season.
Here are your retained Knights
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— KolkataKnightRiders (KKRiders) October 31, 2024
Rinku Singh has been enjoying for the Kolkata-based franchise since 2018 and moments after getting retained, star batter got here up with a message.
“Humaari prem kahaani toh abhi bass shuru hui hai. Picture abhi baaki hai mere doston. (Our love story has just started. The movie is still remaining my friends),” Rinku stated in a publish on Instagram.
Rinku Singh has taken half in 46 IPL video games to this point the place he has scored 893 runs at a mean of 30.79 and a strike charge of 143.33 with the assistance of 4 half-centuries. Singh began making headlines within the 2023 version of the IPL the place he made 474 runs in 14 video games with a mean of 59.25 and a strike-rate of 149.52. He additionally scored 4 half-centuries. Rinku Singh additionally smashed 5 back-to-back sixes towards Yash Dayal, serving to his group win towards Gujarat Titans on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. After reaching this feat, the Uttar Pradesh-based batter turned an in a single day star. On the again of a profitable profession, Rinku is now the common face in India’s T20 setup. He was first referred to as within the Indian group, throughout the tour of Ireland.