Rinku Singh
India · Kolkata Knight Riders
Left-hand bat · Right-arm off break
India's next finisher
Role
Middle-order Batsman
Batting
Left-hand bat
IPL Team
KKR
DOB
12 October 1997
Biography
Rinku Singh rose to fame in IPL 2023 with last-over five sixes against Gujarat Titans. A finisher for KKR and emerging middle-order candidate for India.
Career Statistics
| Format | Matches | Runs | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI | 8 | 152 | 38 | 105.4 | 0 | 1 |
| T20I | 30 | 600 | 35.5 | 158.4 | 0 | 4 |
| Test | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
🏏 IPL Career
50
Matches
1,300
Runs
36.5
Average
145
Strike Rate
Career Milestones
✨ Career Highlights
- ⭐Famous 5-sixes-last-over vs GT (2023)
- ⭐🏆 IPL 2024 winner
- ⭐IPL 2024 strike rate: 152+
- ⭐India's primary T20I finisher
Fantasy Cricket Tips — Rinku Singh
IPL 2026 captaincy, venue & matchup analysis
₹7.5 Cr
Middle-order finisher — high SR, game-changing potential
⭐⭐⭐ GL differential captain. High ceiling on flat pitches, risky on slow tracks.
Eden Gardens (KKR home — explosive). Wankhede (flat, high-scoring chases).
Chepauk (slow, spin-heavy; suppresses Rinku's power zones).
High GL differential. Most owners pick him low-ownership as filler. Deploy him as captain.
Chasing on flat pitch = Rinku ceiling 80+. Batting first slow pitch = fade.
Right-arm pace in death overs: Rinku's best hunting ground. Left-arm spin: fades.
Death overs IPL 2026: SR 158. IPL 2026 total: 320 runs at SR 149.
Finisher role means lower floor than openers. Target GL when KKR are chasing at Eden.
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xFP Player Profile
Rinku Singh — model view
The CricJosh expected-fantasy-points engine publishes a per-player vector: point estimate, 80% prediction band, captaincy multiplier, venue tilt, and a sample-size flag. This is the same data the captain overlay uses when ranking C/VC candidates. The numbers below are derived from the player’s last 60 innings (batters) or last 30 overs (bowlers), park-adjusted.
xFP per match
54.2
80% band: 38–71
Captain overlay
×2.0
band: ×1.8–×2.3
Sample size
high
> 60 innings
Venue tilt
flat deck +, spin –
composite tilt
Phase split
PP 38% / Mid 31% / Death 31%
fantasy-point share
Risk flag
low
tournament-wide calibrated
How to read these numbers
The xFP point estimate is the model’s best guess at this player’s fantasy-points-per-match under average conditions. The 80% band is the residual interval — under normal conditions, 4 out of 5 fixtures will sit inside the band. The captain overlay is multiplicative: applying it on top of xFP gives the captaincy-adjusted expectation. The venue tilt tells you which direction to lean when you apply the match-specific venue model manually.
Caveat
These outputs are part of a model-produced vector. CricJosh.app does not run real-money contests and does not endorse this player as a captaincy pick. The vector is one input to a probability-weighted decision; it is not a tip.