India cricketer Rinku Singh is trending on social media today as a post claiming his engagement with Samajwadi Party MP Priya Saroj has gone viral. There is no confirmation from either of the parties on the same but the social media post has got the fans excited. For the unversed, Rinku is currently gearing up for the five-match T20I series against England starting on January 22 and it also remains to be seen if he will be picked in India’s squad for the ICC Champions Trophy.
Saroj won the Machhlishahr seat at the age of 25 in the Lok Sabha Elections becoming one of the youngest MPs. She has also worked as a Supreme Court lawyer. For the unversed, Saroj is the daughter of Tufani Saroj, a three-time Member of Parliament and current MLA from Uttar Pradesh. She completed her schooling at the Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute in New Delhi. She got graduated from Delhi University and also completed LLB in Amity University, Noida.
Coming back to Rinku Singh, the cricketer made a name for himself in the Indian Premier League (IPL) while playing for Kolkata Knight Riders. He hogged the limelight after smashing Yash Dayal for five sixes in one of the matches and has not looked back since then. The southpaw has played two ODIs and 30 T20Is so far for India. He has scored 507 runs in the shortest format at a strike rate of 165.14.
Thanks to his exceptional and consistent show in the IPL, KKR retained him for a massive amount of Rs 13 crore ahead of the mega auction. He was recently in action for UP in the Vijay Hazare Trophy as well and will be looking to make a mark in the upcoming series against England.