Riyan Parag responds to trolls after two class innings in the Deodhar Trophy

Riyan Parag also bowled a couple of good spells for East Zone in the recently concluded Deodhar Trophy.

Riyan Parag has been an enigma for the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. Parag, with so much of his talent, earned multiple selections in the playing XI despite being a below-average performer for the team. Parag’s inconsistent game has also made him a target of social media trolls. After good innings in the recently concluded Deodhar Trophy, Riyan Parag has slammed the trolls for continuously poking him after failures and bringing out terms like nepotism and connection with the franchise. Fans have trolled Parag, accusing him of many things.

Riyan Parag responds to trolls.

Playing for East Zone, Riyan Parag has played some magnificent innings in the Deodhar Trophy. Riyan scored two centuries and missed another by just five runs in the recently concluded Deodhar Trophy. In an recent interaction with Cricket.com, Riyan Parag said, “What hurts me the most is that people think I take it for granted; I have some connection or sources, and that’s absolutely horse****; I told you about my journey. People from Assam have not played at the IPL level; I am going to play a lot more. I do not take anything for granted. I have the craziest work ethic; you can ask people who are close to me. All that goes unnoticed because I don’t brag about it on social media. You can have all the assumptions if you don’t want to know me”. 

‘Performance doesn’t really matter to me’

Riyan Parag further said that he will play cricket the way he wants to and said, “I do not care; I definitely do not care about what people think about me. I am going to play cricket the way I started. That was me having tons of fun. I want to play cricket the way I want to play it. Performances for me don’t really matter; as long as I am having fun and can stay calm, I think it’s sorted”.

Riyan Parag has played 54 games for the Rajasthan Royals, and in 44 innings, he came out to bat. Parag has scored just 600 runs in the 44 IPL innings he has batted for the Rajasthan Royals. His batting average is just 16.2, but the Royals have trusted Parag big time and given him a long run in the League.

Riyan Parag smashed two centuries in the Deodhar Trophy 2023. One against the West Zone and one against the North Zone. In both innings, Parag smashed a total of 16 sixes while coming in to bat at No. 6 for East Zone. Against North Zone, Parag took the team’s score to 293/7 when he came out to bat at 57/5 along with Kumar Kushagra.

Similarly against the West Zone, he powered the East Zone inning to go past 300 and post 319 on the board. Parag also had a couple of good bowling performances, as he picked up 4-fers in two innings, one against the North and the other against the North-east Zone.

Parag was named “Man of the series” for scoring 354 runs and taking 11 wickets in 5 matches he played in the Deodhar Trophy 2023.

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