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Rinku Singh's Unbeaten 165 Lifts UP To First-Innings Lead In Ranji Trophy Clash With Andhra

The career-best knock displayed red-ball range under scrutiny before his T20I return against Australia on October 29.

Overview

  • The left-hander converted his eighth first-class hundred into 165 not out on Day 4 at Green Park, Kanpur.
  • Coming in during a collapse, he partnered Vipraj Nigam for 122 runs for the seventh wicket to steady Uttar Pradesh.
  • Andhra posted 470 in the first innings before Uttar Pradesh edged into a one-run lead, earning three points as the match was drawn.
  • Wisden reports the innings lifted his first-class average to 57.39 and placed him tenth among Indian batters with at least 50 innings, ahead of Rahul Dravid and Yashasvi Jaiswal.
  • The performance arrives days before India's five-match T20I series against Australia, for which Singh is in the squad.