After being fined 25% of Riyan Parag match fee and handed one demerit point for breaching level 1 of the code of conduct of IPL-for using a vape inside the dressing room, coming into the match Riyan Parag ensured he put the controversy behind him when he walked out to bat versus Delhi Capitals.
The skipper of Rajasthan Royals looked in darkening influence, scoring a superb half-century. He appeared set for a well-deserved hundred but fell just short, smashing a brilliant 90 off 50 balls, including eight fours and five sixes, to score his team to 225/6 in 20 overs.
However, in spite of the strong total, Delhi Capitals broken their three-match losing streak with a commanding seven-wicket win.
Riyan Parag, after the yesterday match, made it clear that outside assessment does not bother him, but his primary responsibility is to deliver results for the team.
Riyan Parag told after the match “I don’t think I need to answer any critics or anyone talking about it. But at the end of the day, my job is to get two points. So my score and my innings don’t really matter if we lose the game,”
A blistering 110-run opening partnership between KL Rahul (75 off 40) and Pathum Nissanka (62 off 33) laid the perfect foundation for a record 226-run chase, which was calmly completed by Tristan Stubbs (18*) and Ashutosh Sharma (25*) with five balls to spare.
Parag told “I think it was a good score. I thought 200 was a par score here. It was going to slow down a bit, but I think we could have bowled way better in the middle overs, not let them get away a little too much. And then a lot of boundaries in one single over and that repeated. So I felt we missed the trick with that, but no harm with the decision we made,”
