Rinku Singh Biography 
Rinku Singh, along with Dinesh Patel is the first Indian sportsman to sign a contract with a major American sports club. They both belong to Lucknow, UP. Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh are the two Indian javelin throwers signed by the Pirates after they won a baseball reality show, The Million Dollar Arm, an Indian reality television show, to find new baseball talent. Singh won the competition by throwing an 87-mph fastball and the pair was signed by Pittsburgh Pirates. They both were trained at Bradenton, Florida and later they played for the Pirates' Gulf Coast League team. Dinesh was released in late 2010 while Rinku Singh, is still in the Pirates’ organization. But Rinku lost the entire 2014 season due to Tommy John surgery and has also lost many games last year due to his struggles with injuries.
Dinesh was born in Lucknow in 1988 in a very poor family of 9 children to a truck driver. He had to face a lot of hardships during his childhood. Since childhood he started playing cricket and javelin throw. He is a junior level national medal winner for javelin. In 2008, he witnessed a major turning point in his life after winning the reality show, The Million Dollar Arm from 37,000 contestants. Dinesh was the runner-up of the show and very soon both were signed for American sports club, Pittsburgh Pirates organization. It was for the first time, an Indian got signed to a major sports club of America.
The sports film, Million Dollar Arm is inspired from the true journey of both these Indian players. They both were trained at Bradenton, Florida and later they played for the Pirates' Gulf Coast League team.
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Updated: June 24, 2014
