India cricketer Rinku Singh got engaged to Samajwadi Party MP Priya Saroj in June. It was a private ceremony in Lucknow, which was attended by a host of cricketers and politicians. (Instagram/rinkukumar12)
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Two months after the engagement, Rinku Singh in an interview with News24 opened about his relationship with Priya, which started back in 2022. (Instagram/rinkukumar12)
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As per Rinku Singh, a fan page had posted a photo of Priya about 'some voting in her village', which the cricketer thinks were done on the request of the politician's sister. (Instagram/ipriyasarojmp)
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"I saw the photo and I liked her. I thought she was perfect for me. I thought about texting her, but then I thought it wouldn't be right," the cricketer noted in the interview. (BCCI Photo)
Rinku Singh revealed that he only sent Priya a message after she liked a few pictures of him on Instagram. "She liked a couple of my photos. Then I texted her on Instagram, and that's how it all started," added Rinku.
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"We started talking. In a week or two, we were talking regularly, talking before matches. So, I started feeling the love from 2022," Rinku said. (Instagram/rinkukumar12)
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Rinku also disclosed that nothing has changed between the two post the engagement, but did admit the conversation has reduced due to her tight schedule. (Instagram/rinkukumar12)
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"There has been no such change; it's just initially, we used to speak a lot, but now it has decreased significantly," Rinku said. "She does her work, goes to the villages, talks to people, and helps them; plus there's also the Parliament... but it's important for her that she does all this groundwork as a politician... If you go to her Instagram, you'd see how much she works. She goes in the morning, comes back at night so we don't get much time to talk and only talk at night," he added. (Instagram/ipriyasarojmp)
!["I saw the photo and I liked her. I thought she was perfect for me. I thought about texting her, but then I thought it wouldn't be right," the cricketer noted in the interview.](https://images.moneycontrol.com/static-mcnews/2025/08/20250816054113_Rinku-Singh-BCCI.jpg ""I saw the photo and I liked her. I thought she was perfect for me. I thought about texting her, but then I thought it wouldn't be right," the cricketer noted in the interview.")
![Rinku Singh revealed that he only sent Priya a message after she liked a few pictures of him on Instagram. "She liked a couple of my photos. Then I texted her on Instagram, and that's how it all started," added Rinku.](https://images.moneycontrol.com/static-mcnews/2024/09/20240910112316_Rinku-SIngh.png "Rinku Singh revealed that he only sent Priya a message after she liked a few pictures of him on Instagram. "She liked a couple of my photos. Then I texted her on Instagram, and that's how it all started," added Rinku.")
!["We started talking. In a week or two, we were talking regularly, talking before matches. So, I started feeling the love from 2022," Rinku said. (Instagram/rinkukumar12)](https://images.moneycontrol.com/static-mcnews/2025/08/20250823082037_rinku-2-.jpg ""We started talking. In a week or two, we were talking regularly, talking before matches. So, I started feeling the love from 2022," Rinku said. (Instagram/rinkukumar12)")
!["There has been no such change; it's just initially, we used to speak a lot, but now it has decreased significantly," Rinku said. "She does her work, goes to the villages, talks to people, and helps them; plus there's also the Parliament... but it's important for her that she does all this groundwork as a politician... If you go to her Instagram, you'd see how much she works. She goes in the morning, comes back at night so we don't get much time to talk and only talk at night," he added. (Instagram/ipriyasarojmp)](https://images.moneycontrol.com/static-mcnews/2025/08/20250823082045_priya-1-.jpg ""There has been no such change; it's just initially, we used to speak a lot, but now it has decreased significantly," Rinku said. "She does her work, goes to the villages, talks to people, and helps them; plus there's also the Parliament... but it's important for her that she does all this groundwork as a politician... If you go to her Instagram, you'd see how much she works. She goes in the morning, comes back at night so we don't get much time to talk and only talk at night," he added. (Instagram/ipriyasarojmp)")
