Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden seems unimpressed with the cheeky celebration of Riyan Parag after taking a catch. During Rajasthan Royals’ recent clash against Lucknow Super Giants, Parag took a clean catch in the deep mid-wicket region to send back Marcus Stoinis off Prasidh Krishna’s bowling. However, more than the catch, Parag’s controversial celebrations garnered a lot of limelight on social media.

The youngster motioned that he has taken the catch before the ball hit the turf. He apparently took a dig at the third umpire for adjudging one of his catches unclean earlier in the game. In the 19th over, Riyan Parag came sprinting from long-on and seemed to have taken a terrific catch. However, after seeing the replays, the third umpire deemed that the ball had hit the ground before Parag had completed the catch. 

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Displeased with the decision, Riyan Parag decided to give it back to the match official after taking Stoinis’ catch. Hayden, who was on-air at the time, was not pleased as he gave a piece of advice to the youngster. Matthew Hayden said, “Got some advice for you young man, cricket is a very very long game, and we all have very long memories and you never ever tempt fate because it comes around quick enough.”

Here is the video of the incident:

 

Meanwhile, Riyan Parag has been absolutely terrific in IPL 2022, having already taken 17 catches in the field. He has also played some fine knocks towards the end as RR are all but through to the playoffs. With an emphatic win by 24 runs against LSG, the Men in Pink advanced to second place in the team standings, taking their tally to 16 points.

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After the game, RR skipper, Sanju Samson said, “We have been taking some good decisions. It is very hard to maintain a chilled out atmosphere when things don’t go your way. Credit to the boys. You keep on losing here and there. We want to go out there and express ourselves as a batting unit. We have a quality bowling lineup to defend.”