Rinku Singh and Priya Saroj (Imare Credit: Instagram) NEW DELHI: The victorious Indian team members are returning home after winning the 2026 T20 World Cup title. India beat New Zealand by 96 runs in the final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.Rinku Singh, a member of the title-winning Indian side, arrived at the airport with his fiancée Priya Saroj. Upon arrival, he went ahead to greet and hug his friends who had gathered outside the airport to welcome him, leaving Priya behind for a moment.
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Seeing Rinku walking in front, Priya jokingly said “mujhe bhool gye kya?”. Rinku laughed, came back and put his arms around Priya’s shoulders, then started to meet his friends.Rinku got engaged to politician Priya Saroj on June 8.The cricketer also paid an emotional tribute to his late father Khanchand Singh, who passed away on February 27 in Greater Noida after prolonged illness.Rinku attended his father’s funeral after India’s World Cup T20 2026 Super 8s match against Zimbabwe before rejoining the team in Kolkata for the must-win Super 8s decider against West Indies.In a heartfelt post after India’s triumph in the 2026 FIFA T20 World Cup, Rinku said that even a single day without speaking to his father felt incomplete and that he found it difficult to imagine life without him.“I’ve never gone so many days without talking to you. I don’t know how life will move forward without you… But I know I’ll need you every step of the way,” he wrote in an Instagram post. “You always taught me that duty comes first, so on the field I just tried to make your dream come true. Now that your dream has come true… I wish you were here with me. I will feel your absence in every small and big moment of happiness. I will miss you so much, Dad.”Meanwhile, Rinku played just five matches for India in the T20 World Cup where he struggled for runs and managed just 24 in total, including a duck against South Africa at the Narendra Modi Stadium during the Super 8s stage.After the loss against the Proteas, Rinku was dropped from the team and Sanju Samson replaced him in the playing eleven. The move proved beneficial as Samson played back-to-back match-winning knocks in the Super 8s, semi-finals and final.
