Rajasthan Royals (RR) all-rounder Riyan Parag shared a heartwarming moment with his mother during an Indian Premier League (IPL) match. Parag blitz confounded Mumbai Indians (MI) while Rajasthan Royals (RR) defeated the five-time champions by six wickets at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 Three consecutive victories.

In a video posted by Team Parag’s official On his head.

“No one loves you like your mom,” the official RR account tweeted.

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— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) April 1, 2024

Riyan has made a huge transformation in IPL 2024. He has been promoted to the fourth batsman role after years of poor performance as a finisher. The young all-rounder received abuse on social media for his performances in previous seasons, but he put it all to rest with his attacking intent and maturity.

In three games, Riyan scored 181 runs at an average of 181.00, with a strike rate of over 160 and two half-centuries to his name. His best score is 84*. He joins India and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) star batsman Virat Kohli in IPL 2024, scoring 181 runs in three games at an average of 90.50 and a strike rate of over 141. He has scored two half-centuries and has a highest score of 83*.

Last IPL season, Parag scored 78 runs in seven innings. In IPL 2022, he scored 183 runs in 14 innings. In 2021, he scored 93 runs in 10 innings. The numbers look very bland when one then looks at his domestic cricket numbers for Assam, where he showed his more all-round side as a batsman.

In four matches in the 2023-24 Ranji Trophy, Parag scored 378 runs in six innings at an average of 75.6 with two centuries and a fifty. His best score is 155 points.

Parag also led Assam to the semi-finals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 competition and became the top run-scorer with 510 runs at an average of 85 with 7 half-centuries. He also took 11 wickets.

Last year, Parag emerged as the leading run-getter during his time with East Zone in the Deodhar Trophy, a 50-over tournament, leading the team to the final. In five games and five innings, Parag scored 354 runs at an average of 88.50 and a strike rate of over 136. He scored two hundreds and a fifty. Most of his runs have come in pressure situations and he has found himself leading the team out of trouble after losing early wickets or experiencing breakdowns. He was awarded the title of “Player of the Tournament” during the tournament.

After the game started, 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 briefly brought some order to the innings before MI collapsed again to end at 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.

Bolt won the “Man of the Match” award.

Rajasthan top the table with three wins from three matches and a total of six points. Mumbai, on the other hand, have lost all three of their matches so far and are at the bottom of the table.

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