‘He is saying: Duniya ghum lo mere jaisa nhi milega’ – Fans offer two cents on Riyan Parag’s celebration post his half-century in SMAT 2023

Rajasthan Royals and Assam player Riyan Parag is in the news for his gesture after scoring a fifty against Bengal in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2023. Apparently, in a video that is going viral, he was seen gesturing that he is cut above his opposition players. Notably, in another video that has surfaced, a former Bengal player and now a commentator called Assam players ‘a second class citizen’.

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Talking about the game, Bengal batted first and didn’t have much success. They had a decent start with Abhimanyu Easwaaran (21) and Abhishek Porel put together 34 runs in 3.5 overs. The former was removed by Mrinmoy Dutta. Four batters from the Ranji Trophy holders failed to get past the single-digit mark. Apart from this, even the ones who got past 10 runs, failed to even reach 30 runs.

In the end, they managed to get only 138/8 with Akash Sengupta taking three wickets while Parag took two. On the other hand, the likes of Dutta, Sibsankar Roy, and Sourav Dey took one each.

Riyan Parag played captain’s innings

In reply, Assam lost the wicket of Denish Das (10) in the fifth over of the innings. Rishav Das (31) didn’t do much either and the team lost their second wicket for 57 runs. At this point, skipper Parag came into the middle and scored 50 off 31 balls including two fours and four sixes.

On the other hand, impact-sub Bishal Roy (45*) also got valuable runs and helped the team win the game by eight wickets.

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