IPL playerIndia2018 to 2026
Rinku Singh
On scorecards: RK Singh · Right-hand bat
Rinku Singh, a batter, has played eight IPL seasons, all of them with Kolkata Knight Riders. One title came along the way.
The arrival
Rinku Singh arrived through the auction: Kolkata Knight Riders paid ₹80 lakh, against a base price of ₹20 lakh.
That first season brought 4 matches and 29 runs. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2023, for Kolkata Knight Riders: 474 runs at an average of 59.3, striking at 149.5 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 141.9, with 4 fifties, and a highest score of 67 not out.
One franchise
Rinku Singh has spent the whole IPL career with Kolkata Knight Riders, from 2018 to 2026, although 2021 passed without an appearance. Kolkata Knight Riders went back to the auction to buy Rinku Singh again in 2022 for ₹55 lakh. The club won the title with Rinku Singh in the side: 2024.
How the runs came
Across the career, Rinku Singh has struck at 146.2. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 146.0, so the scoring rate has tracked the league's almost exactly. 62% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 115 fours and 67 sixes.
The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 32.1% of the balls Rinku Singh faced were dot balls, a lower share than 84% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 14.3 balls, and a four every 8.3.
The fielding record: 52 catches and 3 run-outs.
At the auction
Rinku Singh has gone under the hammer three times. The highest price was ₹80 lakh, paid by Kolkata Knight Riders in 2018, more than 4 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹10 lakh in 2017, ₹55 lakh by 2022. Being bought did not always mean playing: no match followed for Kings XI Punjab in 2017.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
Rinku Singh has made 72 IPL appearances, the latest for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2026, and has won 4 player-of-the-match awards.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 4 | 29 | 16 | 7.3 | 93.5 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 6 | ||
| 2019 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 5 | 37 | 30 | 18.5 | 108.8 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| 2020 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 1 | 11 | 11 | 11.0 | 100.0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| 2022 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 7 | 174 | 42* | 34.8 | 148.7 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 9 | 1 | |
| 2023 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 474 | 67* | 59.3 | 149.5 | 4/0 | – | – | – | 8 | 2 | |
| 2024 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 168 | 26 | 18.7 | 148.7 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 7 | Champions | |
| 2025 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 13 | 206 | 38* | 29.4 | 153.7 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 9 | ||
| 2026 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 299 | 83* | 59.8 | 150.2 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 11 | 1 |
Franchise journey
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2018 to 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 32.1% |
| Balls per four | 8.3 |
| Balls per six | 14.3 |
| Catches | 52 |
| Run-outs | 3 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | – | ₹10 lakh | Sold to Kings XI Punjab for ₹10 lakh |
| 2018 | UBA2 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹80 lakh |
| 2022 | UBA2 | ₹20 lakh | Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹55 lakh |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet