Rajasthan Royals (RR) player Riyan Parag recalled captain Sanju Samson asking him not to play a new shot he had practised during their game-changing partnership against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Jaipur. However, the duo joined hands with RR in a spot of bother at 49/2 and added 97 runs off 59 deliveries to help the side post a decent total.

In a video released on the IPL’s social media handles, Parag said, “Today when batting with Sanju bhaiya, I had developed a few shots and I was constantly trying to poke him by asking ‘Sanju bhaiya, let me hit one’ and he was like ‘no, no, today’s wicket isn’t that easy’. Even though we have been practicing here, today was a little tougher, day game, ball keeping low so he was like ‘no, no, not right now.'”

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“If I didn’t have him there, I would have tried to play that shot, it may or may not have come off, but then that element of risk goes down and you prolong your innings and get your team to a better score. Even if I had got out first ball as I was very close to against Krunal, I will be fine because I did everything right and now this is just results. If it happens, it happens, if it doesn’t I come back again tomorrow,” he again shared.

However, Riyan Parag hit his first delivery back to Krunal Pandya, but fortunately for him, the left-arm spinner could not reach the ball to take the catch and later on he played a crucial knock. Despite a scare from KL Rahul and Nicholas Pooran, they won the game by 20 runs as well.

“When I came in, I was 17 years old, I still had Sanju bhaiya (Samson) and it just gives you a pathway of how to deal with things and how not to. As soon as you learn that, it helps you with cricket. Because the on-field cricket is still a small part and everything that surrounds cricket is the biggest part,” concluded Riyan Parag.