Passion Stories

Rinku Singh, who comes from a lower middle-class family had to save money from his daily allowances to help his father pay off a loan. And at one time he contemplated quitting cricket and taking up work as a domestic help, sweeping and mopping floors, to contribute to his family’s income.

Indeed, Rinku’s is a remarkable story that has a huge dose of hardships, rejection, dejection and heartbreak. Rinku survived all those setbacks, scored a pile of runs for Uttar Pradesh at the domestic level and slowly and steadily achieved success. Rinku was bought by KKR for Rs 80 lakhs at the IPL Auction & the life changed post that IPL Contract.