NEW DELHI: The victorious Indian workforce members are returning dwelling after successful the 2026 T20 World Cup title. India defeated New Zealand by 96 runs within the closing on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.Rinku Singh, a member of the title-winning Indian facet, arrived on the airport together with his fiancée Priya Saroj. Upon arrival, he walked forward to greet and hug his mates who had gathered exterior the airport to welcome him, momentarily leaving Priya behind.

Seeing Rinku stroll forward, Priya jokingly stated, “mujhe bhool gye kya?”. Rinku laughed, walked again, put his fingers round Priya’s shoulders, after which went on to fulfill his mates.Rinku obtained engaged to politician Priya Saroj on June 8.The cricketer additionally penned an emotional tribute to his late father, Khanchand Singh, who handed away on February 27 in Larger Noida after a protracted sickness.Rinku attended his father’s funeral after India’s T20 World Cup 2026 Tremendous 8s match towards Zimbabwe earlier than rejoining the squad in Kolkata for the essential must-win Tremendous 8s conflict towards the West Indies.In a heartfelt submit after India’s T20 World Cup 2026 triumph, Rinku stated that even a single day with out talking to his father felt incomplete and that he struggles to think about life forward with out him.“I’ve by no means spent so many days with out speaking to you. I don’t know the way life will transfer ahead with out you… However I do know I’ll want you at each step,” he wrote in a submit on Instagram. “You at all times taught me that obligation comes first, so on the sphere I used to be solely attempting to fulfil your dream. Now that your dream has been fulfilled… I simply want you have been right here with me. I’ll really feel your absence in each small and massive second of happiness. I’ll miss you a large number, Papa,”In the meantime, Rinku performed simply 5 matches for India within the T20 World Cup, the place he struggled for runs and managed solely 24 in whole, together with a duck towards South Africa on the Narendra Modi Stadium in the course of the Tremendous 8s stage.After the loss towards the Proteas, Rinku was dropped from the workforce and Sanju Samson changed him within the taking part in XI. The transfer proved helpful as Samson delivered back-to-back match-winning knocks within the Tremendous 8s, the semi-final, and the ultimate.