Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 has witnessed some top-notch batting and huge sixes being hit by emerging youngsters over the years. Rajasthan Royals (RR) batter, Riyan Parag produced such a remarkable moment as he smashed a humongous six towards deep square leg which landed straight into the second tier against Kolkata Knight Riders, and he was dismissed by Tim Southee on the very next delivery.
After having a disappointing run in the IPL 2022, Kolkata Knight Riders are doing well in the game against Rajasthan Royals so far. KKR skipper, Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to bowl first. Sanju Samson played a captain’s knock of 54 runs playing a key role for the team but RR was reduced to 90/3 at one stage Riyan Parag played a quickfire knock of 19 runs from 12 balls to steady the innings to some extent.
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His knock was laced with one boundary and a couple of sixes but his spectacular six during the knock was the highlight of the innings. Tim Southee was bowling the 17th over of the innings. On the fifth ball of the over, Southee bowled a short ball to Riyan Parag directed towards the batter’s body. Parag was ready to smack it from backfoot and hit a maximum towards deep square leg. The monstrous hit landed into the second tier and produced six runs. However, Parag was caught near the boundary on the next delivery.
Here is the video of the six from Riyan Parag:
Here is the video of Riyan Parag’s dismissal:
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Aaron Finch, Anukul Roy, Shreyas Iyer (c), Baba Indrajith (wk), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi.
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Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (c) (wk), Karun Nair, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Here is how the fans reacted:
Simon Doull commentating on Riyan Parag's six, poetic
— t🐦 (@biibliomaniac) May 2, 2022
https://twitter.com/itsdeveshh/status/1521148616848551936?s=20&t=f56kzPkUG-8zt2Li78Nfog
@ParagRiyan ek six laga ke Hawa nikal gayi kya oye fukre
— Govind Arora (@zyrish2810) May 2, 2022
This is not the first time Riyan Parag helping us in our six consecutive defeats 🙂#IYKYK 😕
— S H A H. (@Irfy_Pathan56) May 2, 2022
@ParagRiyan batting techniques are very good 👍. But he only needs to work on his timing.
— AK 🇦🇺 (@AKMSDIAN7781) May 2, 2022
What’s your take on Riyan Parag coming ahead of Shimron … I find it ridiculous
— Clarity21 (@Claritymay16) May 2, 2022
Riyan parag played a decent cameo when even well set samson was struggling but guy will be trolled regardless anyways.
— Shakti (@kohlifiedd) May 2, 2022
well played @ParagRiyan 👏 STAR BOY
— 𝒢_𝒶_𝓊_𝓇_𝒶_𝓋 (@singh___18) May 2, 2022
https://twitter.com/itsdeveshh/status/1521148882134073345?s=20&t=sopYWQLzFwcVE__EU9Zczw
