New Delhi. On the basis of Riyan Parag’s brilliant inning of 84 runs, Rajasthan Royals scored 185 runs for 5 wickets against Delhi Capitals in IPL 2024. Ryan hit seven fours and three sixes in his unbeaten innings of 45 balls. This is his best score in IPL. Thanks to his brilliant innings, Rajasthan team added 92 runs in the last 6 overs.
Rajasthan Royals team was struggling after losing three wickets for 38 runs after eight overs. From here, Ryan made a comeback for the team in the match by making a partnership of 54 runs in 37 balls with Ravichandran Ashwin (29 runs) for the fourth wicket and 52 runs in 23 balls with Dhruv Jurel (20 runs) for the fifth wicket.
Ryan Parag made a partnership of 43 runs in 16 balls with Shimron Hetmyer (14 runs not out). During this, he scored 25 runs by hitting three fours and two sixes against Enrique Norcia in the last over. This was the most expensive over of the innings. All five bowlers of Delhi Capitals got one success each. Khalil Ahmed gave 24 runs and Akshar Patel gave 21 runs. Kuldeep Yadav conceded 41 runs, Norkia conceded 48 runs and Mukesh Kumar conceded 49 runs.
Delhi’s fast bowlers bowled tightly in the beginning. Mukesh gave a good start to the team by bowling Yashasvi Jaiswal in the second over of the innings. Captain Sanju Samson hit a hat-trick of fours in the next over of this bowler but in the sixth over, Khalil Ahmed’s ball was played into the hands of Rishabh Pant, who was playing his 100th IPL match. In the powerplay, Rajasthan team could score only 31 runs for two wickets.
Jos Buttler, who was struggling to score runs from the other end, was trapped LBW by Kuldeep Yadav in the eighth over. Ryan hit a four against Akshar in the ninth over. This was Rajasthan’s first four after 31 balls. After hitting the first six of the innings against Kuldeep, Ashwin proved the decision of sending him higher in the batting order by hitting two sixes against Norkia in the 11th over.
From the other end, Ryan also hit a six against Kuldeep but Akshar dismissed Ashwin in the 14th over. Ryan, who was in great rhythm, started playing big shots from the 15th over. He completed the team’s century of runs by hitting a six and two fours on consecutive balls against Khalil. In the next over, he completed his fifty in 34 balls by hitting a four and a six against Mukesh.
While Dhruv Jurel hit a four against Kuldeep, Ryan spoiled the spinner’s figures by hitting a six. Jurel’s innings was ended by Norkia bowling him out. Hetmyer hit a six and a four against Mukesh due to which the team’s score reached 160 runs in the 19th over. Ryan gave Rajasthan fans a chance to celebrate by scoring 25 runs in the last over against Norkia.
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Tags: IPL 2024, Rajasthan Royals, Riyan Parag
FIRST PUBLISHED: March 28, 2024, 22:12 IST