{"id":44490,"date":"2026-02-27T08:21:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T02:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=44490"},"modified":"2026-02-27T08:21:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T02:51:58","slug":"rinku-singh-likely-to-miss-a-few-world-cup-clash-after-fathers-death-may-leave-squad-for-final-rites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/t20-world-cup\/rinku-singh-likely-to-miss-a-few-world-cup-clash-after-fathers-death-may-leave-squad-for-final-rites\/","title":{"rendered":"Rinku Singh likely to miss a few World Cup clash after Father\u2019s death; May leave squad for final rites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indian cricketer Rinku Singh is facing an emotionally difficult phase after the demise of his father, Khachandra Singh, who passed away following a long battle with stage-4 liver cancer. The tragic news has cast uncertainty over Rinku\u2019s availability for India\u2019s upcoming match against West Indies.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources close to the development, Rinku Singh might leave the Indian squad temporarily to return home and perform his father\u2019s final rituals. However, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is yet to release any official statement regarding his travel plans or match availability.<\/p>\n<p>Team management is said to be in constant touch with Rinku and his family, offering full support during this personal loss. While no formal confirmation has been made, it is highly unlikely that the left-handed batter will feature in the crucial fixture against West Indies, considering the circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Rinku Singh had earlier left the team camp due to a family emergency and rejoined later, but this time the situation is more serious following his father\u2019s passing. The player has been a vital part of India\u2019s middle order and his absence could impact the team combination for the upcoming game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian cricketer Rinku Singh is facing an emotionally difficult phase after the demise of his father, Khachandra Singh, who passed\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":44491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4641],"tags":[1809,4875,930,3289,4872,1572,3570],"class_list":["post-44490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-t20-world-cup","tag-icc-t20-world-cup","tag-indian-cricket-team","tag-indian-cricketer","tag-rinku-singh","tag-rinku-singh-father","tag-squad","tag-world-cup-2026"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44492,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44490\/revisions\/44492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}