LUCKNOW, March 11 -- For everyone in the Indian team, winning back-to-back T20 World Cups, that too on home turf this time, was the biggest moment of their lives. However, for batter Rinku Singh, the emotion was heavy with sadness after his father passed away midway through the campaign.

"Kash aap mere paas hote" (wish you were still with me), the left-handed batter wrote on his Instagram account. His father, Khanchand Singh, who helped fulfil his son's cricket dreams despite a dire financial situation, died after battling cancer, before India's virtual quarterfinal Super 8 game against West Indies in Kolkata.

The player from Aligarh further wrote: "Aapse baat kiye bina itne din kabhi nahi nikale. Mujhe nahi pata aage ki zindagi aapke b...