‘Criticised As Overhyped Cricketer’: Ravichandran Ashwin’s Blockbuster Take On IPL Star

Veteran India all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin was all reward for Riyan Parag amid the teenager’s current exploits within the home circuit. Parag has been beautiful type for his state staff Assam. He lately grew to become the primary batter to hit seven consecutive half-centuries in T20s lately on the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy. The 22-year-old cracked 12 sixes and 11 fours to make 155 from 87 balls for the second quickest century within the Ranji Trophy historical past. The document for hitting the quickest century in Ranji Trophy is held by Rishabh Pant, who reached the landmark in 48 balls in opposition to Jharkhand in 2016.

Despite Parag placing on a formidable all-round present in home circuit, followers have typically criticised him of his poor performances within the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Ashwin slammed his critics, claiming that Parag “is still a young player who is getting better”.

“Riyan Parag is frequently criticised as an overhyped cricketer after just seeing his IPL performances. We forget that he’s a youngster sometimes. He is still a young player who is getting better. Parag made useful contributions in the Syed Mushtaq Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy and slammed 155 for Assam against Chattisgarh in the first match of the ongoing Ranji Trophy season,” Ashwin stated on his YouTube channel.

Ashwin additional identified how Parag has been main Assam from the entrance, particularly when his teammates have didn’t step up.

“He scored 155 off 87 balls. He didn’t play for the sake of playing T20 cricket. He was pushed into that situation. All the batters on the other end fell like flies, and he took charge of his own hands and played such a knock,” he added.

Speaking of Parag’s IPL profession, he has performed 54 matches up to now in his and has scored 600 runs, with a mean of 16.22. He has additionally slammed 2 half-centuries, along with his highest IPL rating being 56* runs.