FULL NAME: Dhiraj Kumar Singh
NICK NAME: Rinku
GENDER: Male
BORN: November 21, 1987 at Cuttack, Odisha
FAMILY: Son of Sachidananda Singh & Asha Singh, Dhiraj has one sister (Rita Singh).
MARITAL STATUS: Unmarried.
HOME ADDRESS: H/o SK Ghose, Bali Bhagat Road, Bepari Sahi, Buxi Bazar, Cuttack-1.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Commerce Graduate.
TYPE OF PLAYER: Left-arm orthodox spinner and right-hand ower middle-order batsman.
FIRST COACH: Prashant Das, Sourajit Mohapatra.
EARLY CAREER: Started playing cricket in 1999.
HOME CLUB: Rising Student Club & Sourajit Cricket Academy.
HOBBIES: Reading and listening music.
PROFESSION: Working in the office of Accountant General of Assam.
AWARDS/HONOURS: Received the Maruti Estate Saheed Sporting Cricketer of the Year (2009-10) Award in Bhubaneswar on April 11, 2010.
TEAMS PLAYED FOR: Odisha U-14, U-15, U-17, U-19, U-22 and Seniors
MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT: Bagging seven wickets in an innings against Rajasthan in the Ranji match at Sambalpur in November, 2008.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:
*     Played 51 First-Class, 19 List-A, 5 Twenty20 and many miscellaneous matches for Odisha in a career that commenced in the season 2000-01.

CAREER FIRST & LAST:
First-Class debut: Vs Rajasthan at Sambalpur, 16-19 November, 2008.
Last First-Class match: Vs Jammu-Kashmir at Jammu, 22-25 December, 2018.
List-A debut: Vs Tripura at Kolkata, 17 February, 2009.
Last List-A match: Vs Punjab at Delhi, 6 Matrch, 2017.
Twenty20 debut: Vs Bengal at Cuttack, 24 October, 2010.
Last Twenty20 match: Vs Assam at Kolkata, 5 February, 2017

OVERALL CAREER PERFORMANCE:

BATTING & FIELDING:
First-class: Matches 51, Innings 67, Not outs 30, Runs 110, Highest 15, Average 2.97, Catches 19.
List-A: Matches 19, Innings 8, Not outs 7, Runs 9, Highest 4*, Catches 5.
Twenty20: Matches 5, Innings 2, Not outs 2, Runs 0, Highest 0*, Catches 5.

BOWING:
First-class: Matches 51, Innings 70, Balls 9581, Runs 4764, Wickets 119, Best bowling in an innings 7/83, Best bowling in a match 8/129, Average 40.03, Five wkts in an innings 5 times, Four wkts in an inniings 5 times.
List-A: Matches 19, Innings 19, Balls 804, Runs 698, Wickets 17, Best bowling 5/49, Average 41.05, Five wkts in an innings once.
Twenty20: Matches 5, Innings 5, Balls 114, Runs 104, Wickets 8, Best bowling 3/18, Average 13.00.

DETAILS OF FIRST-CLASS PERFORMANCE:
2/9, 0, 2/112, DNB:  Vs Jammu & Kashmir, Ranji Trophy Elite Group-C match, GM Govt Science College Ground, Jammu, Dec 22-25, 2018.
0/3, 0*, 2/27, 4:  Vs Team Rajasthan, Ranji Trophy Elite Group-C match, Vikash Cricket Ground, Bhubaneswar, Dec 14-16, 2018.
1/28, 4*, 2/52, 7:  Vs Jharkhand, Ranji Trophy Elite Group-C match, JSCA International Stadium, Ranchi, Dec 6-9, 2018.
1/33, 0*, DNB:  Vs Assam, Ranji Trophy Elite Group-C match, Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati, Nov 20-22, 2018.
0/112, 2*:  Vs Tamil Nadu, Ranji Trophy Group-C match, DRIEMS Cricket Ground, Tangi, Cuttack, Nov 9-12, 2017.
0/81, 0, 1/85:  Vs Baroda, Ranji Trophy Group-C match, Reliance Cricket Stadium, Vadodara, Nov 17-20, 2017.
1/40, 0, 0/37, 0*:  Vs Mumbai, Ranji Trophy Group-C match, KIIT Cricket Ground, Bhubaneswar, Nov 1-4, 2017.
1/137, 1*, DNB:  Vs Andhra, Ranji Trophy Group-C match, ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram, Oct 24-27, 2017.
5/55: Vs Tripura, Ranji Trophy Group-C match, Vikash Cricket Ground, Bhubaneswar, Oct 6-9, 2017.

DETAILS OF LIST-A PERFORMANCE:

DETAILS OF TWENTY20 PERFORMANCE:

OTHER NOTABLE INFORMATION:
*     Became a BCCI Level-II Umpire by securing 121 marks out of 150 in the relevant examination in July 2023.
*     Married Sumanrani Das of Kusapangi at Ram Mandir, Chahata, Cuttack on 10 July 2023.
*    Announced his retirement from all forms of professional cricket on 9 December 2022.
*    Played Polly Umrigar Trophy (Under-14) for the year 2000-01.
*    Played Polly Umrigar Trophy (Under-15) for the year 2001-02.
*    Played Vijay Merchant Trophy (Under-17) for the year 2004-05.
*    Played Vinoo Mankad Trophy (Under-19) for the year 2006-07.
*    Played Cooch Behar Trophy (Under-19) for the year 2006-07.
*    Played C.K.Nayudu Trophy (Under-22) for the year 2007-08 and 2008-09.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 7 July 2011
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 29 July 2023