Gujarat Titans (GT) is locking horns with Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Qualifier 1 of the playoffs of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 at the iconic Eden Garden in Kolkata. One of the most bizarre moments was witnessed by fans in the final over of Rajasthan’s innings when Riyan Parag got run out in a strange manner.
After winning the toss, GT skipper, Hardik Pandya opted to field and they made one change as Lockie Ferguson made way for Alzarri Joseph, but RR made no change. The Rajasthan Royals were jolted early as they lost Yashasvi Jaiswal in the second over itself and he had been batting well in the last few games. But, Sanju Samson and Jos Buttler made sure they did not lose more wickets as Samson smashed the GT bowlers all around the ground but was dismissed on 47 by R Sai Kishore.
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Jos Buttler was struggling for runs as he could not get going like he is used to but made sure he did not throw his wicket away. He played a fiery knock of 89 off 56 balls and helped his team to reach the total of 188/6 in their quota of 20 overs.
However, the final over of the innings was full of drama as what was supposed to be the final ball of the over was called a no-ball and Jos Buttler got run out. R Ashwin walked to face Yash Dayal who ended up bowling a wide delivery to Ashwin who was on strike. Riyan Parag who was at the non-striker’s end took off for a run when the ball was in the hands of GT wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha.
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Samson threw the ball to the non-striker’s end leaving Riyan Parag stranded who was near the batting end resulting in his run out. A dejected Riyan Parag walked back to the pavilion after giving a long stare to Ravichandran Ashwin.
Here is the video of the run-out of Riyan Parag:
Here is how the fans reacted to the dismissal:
@ashish_tn je…Riyan parag didn't run to get the strike but to get his pan parag moment 😂
— Kharthick R (@Kharthick83) May 24, 2022
Riyan parag giving eyes to ashwin who have taken more than 500 plus international wickets lol..
— haris (@harispmna) May 24, 2022
https://twitter.com/subashpoudel905/status/1529132700266704897?s=20&t=YvGOv9dSFArtNLgCIwM_-g
When Riyan Parag was giving an Arrogant look,
What Ashwin should have said : pic.twitter.com/PNWyxevTkC
— g0v!ñD $#@®mA (@rishu_1809) May 24, 2022
#RRvGT #GTvRR #IPLplayoffs
Riyan Parag got to fix his attitude for a successful long run fr pic.twitter.com/RK5Gio8mRj— rxmxn° (@theHeartyouOwn7) May 24, 2022
https://twitter.com/AkashUp97568462/status/1529133575911534592?s=20&t=6a45JKExRsDuqwNve_5IxQ
Ashwin denied Riyan Parag a single to show who the real boss is 😂 pic.twitter.com/wmkvAySoyV
— baitman (@spartacus_42069) May 24, 2022
