Riyan Parag scored a stunning 84 not out off 45 balls to single-handedly beat Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League match against Delhi Capitals on Thursday His record was 185 runs for 5. Parag, who scored 43 in Royals’ last game, took 25 off South African veteran Anrich Nortje in the final over with figures of 4, 4, 6, 4, 6, 1. , setting his highest T20 score. His knock was filled with seven fours and six sixes. He held the home team’s innings together after they were invited to bat first. After a shaky start for RR, he shared 54 and 52 runs with Ravichandran Ashwin (29 runs) and Dhruv Jurel (20 runs) respectively. Royals skipper Sanju Samson scored 82 against Lucknow Super Giants, but was left out by fourth bowler Mukesh Kumar Threatened to have another devastating game after hitting three consecutive boundaries in the delivery he bowled.
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But Samson scored 15 runs after two overs, off Khaleel Ahmed to DC captain and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant. At that time, RR was at 30 for 2 and Mukesh Kumar gave DC their first breakthrough with the wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal (5).
Royals were in bigger trouble as wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav actually forced his skipper Pant to come under review, which later proved successful, dismissing Englishman Joes ahead of the wicket-decision ·Butler.
Ravichandran Ashwin, batting at No. 5, hit a six off Kuldeep at the mid-way stage to help RR reach 58 for 3. He gave Nortje tougher treatment in the next over, hitting two sixes and scoring 15 runs.
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Ashwin, however, failed to do much damage as he holed out to Tristan Stubbs near the boundary rope for a 19-ball 29.
After Ashwin did his job, Parag performed well in the second over. He hit two boundaries and hit Ahmed’s six to take RR past the 100-run mark in the 15th over.
Next, he hit a delivery off Mukesh Kumar to complete his first fifty of this IPL in style.
Parag didn’t even spare Kuldeep as he delivered one with wrist spinner on the mid-wicket boundary.
Parag entertained the home crowd with a string of boundaries at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium after Jurel was dismissed off 12 balls for 20 off the bowling of Notje.
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