BCCI has announced the squad for the 5-match T20 series against South Africa. 15 players have been selected under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, Shubman Gill is the vice-captain and Hardik Pandya has returned. Rinku Singh has been dropped, due to which many fans are angry. He is heavily criticizing the selectors on social media.
Rinku Singh plays the role of a finisher, although he has not got consistent opportunities in the playing 11. Even in the Asia Cup, he got a chance to play only the final because Hardik Pandya got injured. This year, Rinku played in 6 T20 International matches, out of which he got a chance to bat in 3. Of course he got less chances, but he made his name in most of the matches. Now after being dropped from the T20 series against South Africa, his fans are very angry with the selectors.
Fans upset due to Rinku Singh’s exit
Citing Rinku Singh’s T20 statistics, a user wrote that he is India’s best finisher in T20, and he was dropped. Another user accused Chief Selector and Head Coach Gautam Gambhir of choosing players of his choice.
🚨🚨 Rinku Singh who is India’s best finisher of T20Is in history has got dropped from T20I squad just ahead of T20I WC!
Rinku Singh in T20Is:
Innings – 25,
Runs-550,
Avg – 42.31
Sr – 161.77Agarkar will be remembered as the worst selector in history!pic.twitter.com/fm8JtigPOa
— Rajiv (@Rajiv1841) December 3, 2025
Ajit Agarkar & Gautam Gambhir are trying their level best to destroy Indian Cricket now, selecting team purely based on likes, dislikes & hatred:
– Rinku Singh with 40+ avg & 160+ sr is dropped from T20Is now,
– Shubman Gill with worse stats is selected over Jaiswal & Gaikwad,
, pic.twitter.com/nikaITIBsF— Rajiv (@Rajiv1841) December 3, 2025
If there’s one batsman who is ignored across formats every time, it’s Rinku Singh. Man performs in every format but doesn’t even get into IND A squads and gets dropped from T20I squad without even doing anything wrong. https://t.co/sNZXZxLKdv
— arfan (@Im__Arfan) December 3, 2025
Another user wrote that Washington Sundar and Akshar Patel cannot score runs at a fast pace in the last overs, Sanju Samson is also not a finisher.
– Rinku Singh misses another T20 World Cup.
– Last time, he had the best chance and truly deserved it, but missed out.
– Rinku is replaced by Washi Sunder.
– Players like Axar and Washington can’t accelerate effectively in the death overs.
Sanju Samson is not a finisher.
, pic.twitter.com/1a7v3Jh9MG— Vipin Tiwari (@Vipintiwari952) December 3, 2025
Rinku Singh’s T20 International statistics
Rinku Singh has scored a total of 550 runs in 25 innings of 35 matches. His highest score in this format is 69*, his strike rate is 161.76 and average is 42.30. He has scored 3 half-centuries in T20 International.
India’s T20 squad against South Africa
Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain)*, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wicket-keeper), Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar.
*Shubman Gill can play only after getting fitness clearance.
India vs South Africa T20 Series 2025 Schedule
- 1st T20: 09 December- Cuttack
- Second T20: 11 December- New Chandigarh
- 3rd T20: 14 December- Dharamshala
- 4th T20: 17 December- Lucknow
- Fifth T20: 19 December- Ahmedabad
rinku singh t20 total runs
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