Rajasthan Royals assistant coach Shane Bond (Eds: Rephrases a line in intro) Mumbai, Apr 2 (PTI) Rajasthan Royals assistant coach Shane Bond has described in-form Riyan Parag as a participant of “extreme talent” and likened him to a younger Suryakumar Yadav who joined Mumbai Indians greater than a decade in the past and went on to turn out to be one of the explosive T20 batters on the earth. The 22-year-old Parag has introduced his wealthy type from home cricket into the IPL, placing two prime quality fifties to assist Rajasthan notch up wins in all three video games up to now.
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Parag’s newest effort got here towards Mumbai Indians in his aspect’s six-wicket win on Monday. He dropped anchor to spearhead Royals’ chase of 126, scoring 54 not out off 39 balls with the assistance of 5 fours and three sixes.
“He (Parag) sort of reminds me a little bit of Surya (Suryakumar Yadav), who came to Mumbai a few years ago. He looks like that – he has got extreme talent. He has just matured as a cricketer, even though he is only 22,” Bond, who can also be the RR bowling coach, stated on the post-match press convention.
Bond performed an important position in creating bowling skills at MI in his nine-year stint with the Mumbai-based franchise from 2015 onwards, earlier than shifting base to Jaipur this 12 months.
“He (Parag) has had an outstanding domestic season, obviously, batting up the order. The trade we made with Devdutt (Padikkal), bringing Avesh (Khan) in, that was to put Riyan up into a position which was probably better suited,” the previous New Zealand quick bowler added.
Suryakumar, the world’s primary T20 batter, joined MI in 2011 and spent 4 years at Kolkata Knight Riders from 2014-17 earlier than he was introduced again to the Mumbai aspect in 2018. He is recovering from a latest surgical procedure.
Bond stated Parag has needed to play the position of a finisher within the IPL at a younger age whereas different groups have skilled worldwide gamers in that position.
“Riyan started so young, you forget that he was 17 or something, playing in one of the toughest spots in a batting line-up of No 6. You look at the characters who finish games around the IPL, they are generally pretty experienced guys,” he stated.
