Unfurling the incident on streaming platform Rooter, Parag said that he was asked to behave like a kid by Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj.
Digital Desk: 20-year-old Assam cricketer Riyan Parag was involved in an ugly
spat with Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Harshal Patel and Mohammed Siraj in the Indian
Premier League (IPL). The Rajasthan Royals cricketer got a lot of blow by the
social media users in the IPL for his attitude throughout the tournament. The
youngster clarified on the much debated incident for the first time since the
completion of the tournament and gave a full explanation on what happened in
the middle.
Playing
for the Rajasthan Royals, Parag turned up the pressure against RCB bowlers in
the final overs of the game. He hit Harshal Patel for 18 runs in the final over
and ask he walked off the pitch, he got involved with the RCB players, in what
looked like a verbal spat. Players from both the teams had to walk in and drag
the players back for the game to recommence.
Unfurling
the incident on streaming platform Rooter, Parag said that he was asked to
behave like a kid by Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj.
“Last
year, Harshal Patel had dismissed me when we were playing against RCB. I was
walking back. Then, he made a hand gesture telling me to go away. I didn't see
that on the spot. I saw that when I went back to the hotel and saw the replay.
It stuck in my mind since,” Parag recalled.
"Now, when I hit him
(Harshal) in the last over, I did the same gesture. I didn't say anything, I
didn't abuse. But then, Siraj called me. Harshal didn't say anything,” Parag
added.
"When
the innings ended, Siraj called and said, ‘Hey, come here, come here'. He said,
'you're a kid, behave like a kid'. I told him, 'bhaiya, I'm not saying anything
to you'. Later, Harshal didn't shake my hand, which I thought was a little
immature,” Parag further stated.
Riyan Parag was criticised
by the likes of Sunil Gavaskar and Simon Doull who did not like his attitude on
the field. Parag even replied in a cryptic tweet indicating that nobody would
remember these incidents in 20 years down the line.
Parag
scored 183 runs in the 2022 edition of the tournament from 17 matches.
