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Rinku Singh’s Father Khan Chand Singh Passes Away After Long Illness
Rinku Singh and Mohammed Siraj are two star players in Indian cricket whose stories are filled with poverty, hard work, family sacrifice, and pain. Both struggled to fulfill their father's dreams, but both lost their fathers prematurely.
Rinku Singh's father, Khan Chand Singh, passed away on Friday morning. He had liver cancer for a long time and was in a critical state. He had stage 4 liver cancer and deteriorated in the last days. On February 21, he deteriorated further, and they admitted him to Yatharth Hospital, a private hospital in Greater Noida, where they kept him on a ventilator.
According to hospital sources, he breathed his last at around 4:36 am on Friday. Upon receiving the news of his death, a wave of grief swept through the family. Khan Chand Singh, who hailed from a humble family in Aligarh, worked as a gas cylinder delivery boy. The family consisted of five siblings, and the financial situation was not strong. All the brothers, including Rinku, helped their father, carrying two cylinders each on their bikes to homes and hotels.
He also faced many difficulties to play cricket. He used to collect money with his friends from the neighborhood to purchase a ball. Today, Rinku Singh is a famous Indian cricketer, but his father's struggle and sacrifice brought him to this success.
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There is another such name in Indian cricket who, through hard work, lifted his family out of poverty. But his father also passed away prematurely. It is none other than fast bowler Mohammed Siraj. This Hyderabad-based fast bowler's father, Mohammed Gaus, used to drive an auto rickshaw. Siraj, through hard work, earned a place in Team India and alleviated his family's poverty. However, during the 2020 tour of Australia, Siraj suffered the pain of losing his father. His father died of lung disease. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, he was unable to attend the funeral.
Siraj's family lived in a rented house, and due to financial constraints, Siraj could not get training in expensive coaching or academy. He started with tennis ball cricket, developed his skills by playing in the streets. Siraj had told in an interview that he sometimes did catering jobs, where his hands would get burnt while making Rumali Roti, but he endured everything for the sake of cricket. His father was his biggest supporter, who always encouraged him to play cricket. Siraj often says that the hard work his father did by driving an auto was to fulfill his dreams.
