Same grief, different ways of mourning

ON Thursday, thousands flocked to the MA Chidambaram Stadium to see if the Indian team would win a must-win match.

- SWAROOP SWAMINATHAN & FIROZ MIRZA @Kolkata/Chennai

They were joined in spirit by millions, who were tuning in or streaming. Unknown to them, Rinku Singh, one of the 15 men tasked with winning the T20 World Cup, was battling something extremely personal.The thought of not seeing his father alive for one final time. He had already said his goodbyes a few days earlier. On the bench, Rinku knew Friday was round the corner. But he didn’t know it on Thursday. He would have longed for a medical miracle. Another quiet moment between a son and a father. To share another laugh. To listen to that one piece of music again. To reminisce. Late on Thursday, Rinku’s father, who had been suffering from liver cancer, passed away. He left from Chennai f