Rajasthan Royals (RR) assistant and bowling coach Sean Bond says youngster Riyan Parag reminds him of star India batsman Suryakumar Yadav. Parag scored an unbeaten 54 runs off 39 balls against Mumbai Indians (MI) on Monday. He hit 5 fours and 3 sixes at a strike rate of 138.46. The 22-year-old was awarded the ‘Orange Cap’ for a serious knock in IPL 2024. The Rajasthan-based team defeated Mumbai Indians by 6 wickets at the Wankhede Stadium.

Speaking at the post-match press conference, Bond said Parag had “extraordinary talent” and he had matured as a cricketer.

“He kind of reminds me of Surya who came to Mumbai a few years ago. That’s what he looks like – he has tremendous talent. Even though he’s only 22, he’s just matured as a cricketer,” Bang said. De said.

The RR assistant coach added that the team’s main goal is to win games in the tournament.

“If your team succeeds, you’re on a winning team and that’s where the selection and rewards come from. That’s really our focus, forget all the other noise from the outside and just work hard for each other,” he added.

To sum up the match, RR chose to bowl first after winning the toss. Trent Boult (3/22) destroyed the MI top order in the powerplay, reducing them to 20/4. Captain Hardik Pandya (34 off 21 balls, including 6 fours) and Tilak Varma (32 off 29 balls, including 2 sixes) A 56-run partnership brought some order to the match but MI collapsed again and ended up with 125/125. 9 times in 20 rounds.

Yuzvendra Chahal (3/11) and Nandre Burger (2/32) bowled brilliantly for RR and rocked the MI batting line-up with regular wickets, never giving them a chance to breathe.

In the run chase, RR lost openers Jos Buttler (13 balls), Yashasvi Jaiswal (10 balls) and captain Sanju Sam Sanju Samson scored only 12 goals in 10 goals. Reduced to 48/3, they were in a sticky situation. But Riyan Parag once again performed well and scored 54 runs in 39 balls, including 5 fours and 3 sixes, to help his team win by 6 wickets with 27 balls remaining. .

Akash Madhwal (3/20) is the bowler for MI.

With the win, the Rajasthan-based team tops the table with six points and a net win rate of 1.249. On the other hand, Hardik Pandya’s team is currently at the bottom of the table and is yet to score a point.

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