Career
He was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and played for Uttar Pradesh between 1976-1977 and 1986-1987. He took 340 first-class wickets. In the Ranji Trophy final at Mohan Nagar against Karnataka in 1977-1978 he took 9 for 152, which remain the best figures for Ranji Trophy finals.
He played for Central Zone against touring teams and in the Duleep Trophy from 1976-1977 to 1984-1985.
He was part of the Indian Test squad against the touring Australian team during the 1979-1980 series in India. Rajinder Singh Hans was the coach of Uttar Pradesh state from 2001-2002 to 2006-2007.
He coached Jharkhand in the Ranji Trophy team in 2007-2008. On 27 September 2012 Hans was appointed as the national selector from the Central Zone.