Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will be locking horns with Rajasthan Royals (RR) in their third game of the season. The match will be played at the Wankhede stadium, while the teams will be led by Faf Du Plessis and Sanju Samson respectively. RCB has managed to scalp one victory this season, while, the Sanju Samson-led RR have both their matches so far and are the table-toppers at the moment. The Rajasthan-based team has a huge NRR of 2.1.
The Bangalore-based franchise is yet to clinch an IPL title, while the Rajasthan Royals had won the inaugural season of the tournament. Riyan Parag, the Rajasthan Royals’ player was picked by the franchise in the recently concluded mega auction for INR 3.8 CR. He played last season in the same franchise.
The right-hand batter has a history of publishing appreciation tweets for the former Indian skipper, Virat Kohli. He was seen praising Virat Kohli many times in the past on his Twitter.
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On the verge of the game between RR and RCB, Riyan Parag, again tweeted regarding Virat Kohli as the RR player will go against the former Indian captain today. His tweet read: “Matchday jitters hit diff when you’re versing the KING #RRvsRCB #IPL2022”
Matchday jitters hit diff when you're versing the KING👑
#RRvsRCB #IPL2022— Riyan Paragg (@ParagRiyan) April 4, 2022
Here is how the netizens trolled Riyan Parag for his tweet:
https://twitter.com/Vipull45/status/1511026672715411461?s=20&t=xZW4g6mJ7Jyd4-LMGBKSuw
This is LOYALTY❤️🔥 pic.twitter.com/GAVpdBJ9X8
— Vin (@VinilShah8) April 4, 2022
https://twitter.com/jakahmedhitman/status/1511040078444998657?s=20&t=GeM9TNhDWqt0erXGvWyeMw
https://twitter.com/nimxs_12/status/1511027188665098250?s=20&t=xHDA0V7tTCrQjEubPvAg4A
Where is your Role.. Are you batter? No. Bowler? No.. Allrounder? Definitely not ..Can you tell us when you scored more then 10 ? Even single wicket..?? More over it's big surprise to all IPL fans how you got place in playing XI..?? My street cricketer playing better then you..
— Mage@7 (@Mage716) April 4, 2022
Bhai naye naye ladke aake score kar rahe hn..tu bhi run bana le kabhi…warna ye followers or likes 4 din ki Chandni hain.. Indian people do have a very thin memory,they move on real fast.. All the best..ummeed hai Twitter se jyada scoreboard pe dikhega tu
— Raghib (@RaghibspaceAhmd) April 5, 2022
runout last time👎🏻
— jä. (@jattuu12) April 4, 2022
Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad: Faf du Plessis(c), Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik(w), Sherfane Rutherford, Shahbaz Ahmed, David Willey, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Siddarth Kaul, Karn Sharma, Chama V Milind, Rajat Patidar, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudessai, Aneeshwar Gautam
Rajasthan Royals Squad: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna, Karun Nair, James Neesham, Rassie van der Dussen, KC Cariappa, Daryl Mitchell, Obed McCoy, Tejas Baroka, Kuldip Yadav, Anunay Singh, Kuldeep Sen, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Dhruv Jurel, Shubham Garhwal