Ravichandran Ashwin was all reward for Riyan Parag amid the his latest exploits.© YouTube
Veteran India all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin was all reward for Riyan Parag amid the teen’s latest exploits within the home circuit. Parag has been beautiful kind for his state staff Assam. He not too long ago turned the primary batter to hit seven consecutive half-centuries in T20s not too long ago on the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy. The 22-year-old cracked 12 sixes and 11 fours to make 155 from 87 balls for the second quickest century within the Ranji Trophy historical past. The file for hitting the quickest century in Ranji Trophy is held by Rishabh Pant, who reached the landmark in 48 balls in opposition to Jharkhand in 2016.
Regardless of Parag placing on a powerful all-round present in home circuit, followers have usually criticised him of his poor performances within the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Ashwin slammed his critics, claiming that Parag “continues to be a younger participant who’s getting higher”.
“Riyan Parag is continuously criticised as an overhyped cricketer after simply seeing his IPL performances. We overlook that he is a teen typically. He’s nonetheless a younger participant who’s getting higher. Parag made helpful contributions within the Syed Mushtaq Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy and slammed 155 for Assam in opposition to Chattisgarh within the first match of the continuing Ranji Trophy season,” Ashwin stated on his YouTube channel.
Ashwin additional identified how Parag has been main Assam from the entrance, particularly when his teammates have did not step up.
“He scored 155 off 87 balls. He did not play for the sake of taking part in T20 cricket. He was pushed into that scenario. All of the batters on the opposite finish fell like flies, and he took cost of his personal fingers and performed such a knock,” he added.
Talking of Parag’s IPL profession, he has performed 54 matches up to now in his and has scored 600 runs, with a mean of 16.22. He has additionally slammed 2 half-centuries, along with his highest IPL rating being 56* runs.
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