New Delhi, Feb. 27 -- The cricketing fraternity is mourning the passing of Rinku Singh's father. Rajeev Shukla, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Vice-President, also expressed his condolences, describing the loss as deeply heartbreaking.

Speaking to ANI, Shukla said, "The news of Rinku Singh's father's passing is very heartbreaking. He had been ill for a year... He struggled a lot in his life... Rinku is also very upset... This is very sad... I pay my tributes to him."

Rinku Singh's father breathed his last on Friday morning at the Yatharth Hospital in Greater Noida, informed the hospital PRO. Singh's father was battling stage-four cancer. He was undergoing treatment at Yatharth Hospital in Greater Noida, but sadly couldn't ...