Riyan Parag has been polarising opinion since he made his IPL debut and has typically copped lots of flak throughout social media platforms. The Assam-born felt that he was going to smash 4 sixes in an over in the course of the course of IPL (Indian Premier League) 2023 and took to X to specific it.
However, he might solely handle to hit 5 in the complete season and confronted lots of backlash on social media. The power-packed allrounder skilled a horrid run all through IPL 2023 and scored merely 78 runs in seven video games at a median of 13.00 and a strike fee of 118.18.
Despite the ire that got here his means, Riyan did not cease believing in himself and went again to the opposite home competitions to show his mettle.
He unleashed his power-hitting means within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2023 competitors and completed because the main run-getter within the match with 510 runs in 10 video games with the assistance of seven half-centuries.Â
His runs got here at a superb strike fee of 182.79 and he maintained consistency whereas scoring runs at a median of 85.00.
Riyan amassed 378 runs in 4 video games in the course of the lately culminated Ranji Trophy season at a formidable common of 75.60 and with the assistance of two centuries and a fifty.
After a dream season like that, all eyes have been glued on Riyan when he walked out to bat for Rajasthan of their season opener in opposition to Lucknow Super Giants on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on March 24, and he did not disappoint.
Riyan smashed a 29-ball 43 to take Rajasthan to 193 of their 20 overs which turned out to be sufficient for them in the long run.
He acquired even higher within the second sport and scored a quick-fire 84 off simply 45 balls in opposition to Delhi Capitals to register his first fifty of the season.
Having showcased his power-hitting means already within the first two video games, Riyan’s persistence was put to the check by the Mumbai Indians bowlers within the third sport when Rajasthan seemed in bother whereas chasing a small whole of 126.
However, Riyan even handed that check with flying colors and scored an unbeaten half-century to take his facet dwelling on the Wankhede Stadium.
The teen has already scored three fifties within the ongoing season and appears set to attain extra. Though he could not picked in India’s T20 World Cup squad as there’s stiff competitors for locations, his blazing performances have definitely silenced his fiercest of critics.
