Riyan Parag

[Dil Dil India]

On 8/6/2023 at 8:47 AM, Nikhil_cric said:

21 is too early to write off a gun talent like Riyan.

Gun talent based on what? He is a big mouth idiot who claimed he would hit 5 sixes or something on twitter. 

[Vijy]

1 minute ago, Dil Dil India said:

Gun talent based on what? He is a big mouth idiot who claimed he would hit 5 sixes or something on twitter. 

he talks a big game. usually thrashes weak teams. then seems to go missing in Ind A, IPL, etc

[tweaker]

Riyan Parag went on an insane hitting spree, clubbing as many as 12 sixes and smashing the second-fastest Ranji Trophy century of all time on Day 4 of Assam's Group B Ranji Trophy match against Chhattisgarh in Raipur on Monday. Parag, the Assam captain took 56 balls to reach the landmark and went on to add 55 more to eventually finish on 155 off 87 balls with 11 fours and 12 sixes.

[tweaker]

Riyan Parag's purple patch continued, as he smashed his second consecutive century of the Ranji Trophy 2023-24 season. Assam are facing Kerala in their second fixture at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati.

 

Scoring his third first-class hundred of the season, Riyan played a crucial role in stabilising Assam's innings. He entered the fray with the team struggling at 25/3 and went on to score a vital 116 runs. 

 

He has  also  50 wicket in first-class cricket. 

Edited January 21 by tweaker

[cowboysfan]

he might miss out on the WC squad but should be given chances in LOI games after the WC.

[Nikhil_cric]

He's done well in SMAT, Deodhar, Vijay Hazare and Ranji and the only batting allrounder in all domestic. 

 

Surely, he deserves a go in internationals?

Edited January 21 by Nikhil_cric

[tweaker]

This is what Riyan Parag’s career has looked like since the last IPL. He was the highest scorer in the Deodhar Trophy, hammered the most sixes 23,  and also finished joint-third highest wicket-taker.

 

Then came a world record seven consecutive fifties in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, almost leading Assam to the final of the T20 tournament. And now, he has hit two consecutive Ranji Trophy hundreds against Chattisgarh and Kerala. These are crazy numbers highlighting consistency of the highest order across formats but equally perplexing perhaps is how this has still not been enough to fetch Parag a national call-up.

[vvvslaxman]

2 minutes ago, tweaker said:

This is what Riyan Parag’s career has looked like since the last IPL. He was the highest scorer in the Deodhar Trophy, hammered the most sixes 23,  and also finished joint-third highest wicket-taker.

 

Then came a world record seven consecutive fifties in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, almost leading Assam to the final of the T20 tournament. And now, he has hit two consecutive Ranji Trophy hundreds against Chattisgarh and Kerala. These are crazy numbers highlighting consistency of the highest order across formats but equally perplexing perhaps is how this has still not been enough to fetch Parag a national call-up.

 

Especially at a time when India is looking for an all rounder who can bat as well as a specialist batsman his selection should be no brainer. Granted he has competition in Axar, Sundar et al. But Paragh is clearly a pure batsman who can bowl well. We don't have that kind of players. Most of the spinning all rounders are not specialist batsmen. Sindhu, Abhishek are shaping up well. But Paragh can bowl off spin, leg spin both.

[tweaker]

1 hour ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

Especially at a time when India is looking for an all rounder who can bat as well as a specialist batsman his selection should be no brainer. Granted he has competition in Axar, Sundar et al. But Paragh is clearly a pure batsman who can bowl well. We don't have that kind of players. Most of the spinning all rounders are not specialist batsmen. Sindhu, Abhishek are shaping up well. But Paragh can bowl off spin, leg spin both.

He also has shown temperament, grit to bat in difficult conditions as he plays for weak team like Assam.

Most of the time he has to come at a time when half of his side has collapsed.

[Need4Speed]

4 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

Especially at a time when India is looking for an all rounder who can bat as well as a specialist batsman his selection should be no brainer. Granted he has competition in Axar, Sundar et al. But Paragh is clearly a pure batsman who can bowl well. We don't have that kind of players. Most of the spinning all rounders are not specialist batsmen. Sindhu, Abhishek are shaping up well. But Paragh can bowl off spin, leg spin both.

Ayush Badoni used to bowl well too..should work on his bowling..it will increase his chances too

[tapandrun]

Its Domestic record vs IPL performances - He has been in the IPLs for years now but could not get going. Has a below 20 Avg below 130 SR.

 

would like to see him selected for Ind, though he never gave a good impression in IPL against better quality bowlers and where he was not the top guy in the team.

 

Assuming if he gets chance for Ind he would need to make it count early as he wont get multiple chances and bigger rope owing to that IPL performance

 

 

 

Edited January 26 by tapandrun

[vvvslaxman]

8 minutes ago, tapandrun said:

Its Domestic record vs IPL performances - He has been in the IPLs for years now but could not get going. Has a below 20 Avg below 130 SR.

 

would like to see him selected for Ind, though he never gave a good impression in IPL against better quality bowlers and where he was not the top guy in the team.

 

Assuming if he gets chance for Ind he would need to make it count early as he wont gent multiple chances and bigger rope owing to that IPL performance

 

 

 

 

Usage of a player by a certain team varies. Sometimes it is more harmful than helpful. He is often used as a finisher which he is not.

[tapandrun]

17 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

Usage of a player by a certain team varies. Sometimes it is more harmful than helpful. He is often used as a finisher which he is not.

Do not think any other set-up (other than RR) will give him chances in playing 11, for an uncapped Ind batter either they have to  be openers or they will be pushed down the order.

Need to play some impactful know in so many years just 2 50s and nothing in between

 

 

 

Edited January 26 by tapandrun

[vvvslaxman]

11 minutes ago, tapandrun said:

Do not think any other set-up (other than RR) will give him chances in playing 11, for an uncapped Ind batter either they have to openers or they will be pushed down the order.

Needs to play some impactful know in so many years just 2 50s and nothing in between

 

 

 

 

A guy who often gets to face 20 to 25 balls can't showcase his ODI skills there.   So his LOI skills have to be given merit. India is never going to win tournaments for 100 years with these one-dimensional players. 

[Nikhil_cric]

9 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

A guy who often gets to face 20 to 25 balls can't showcase his ODI skills there.   So his LOI skills have to be given merit. India is never going to win tournaments for 100 years with these one-dimensional players. 

 

This. You need someone to do the Maxwell role to provide you depth and flexibility in LOIs. 

 

We keep talking about how guys in domestic avoid being multi skilled and end up giving up secondary skills. 

 

But that's because the Indian team values only specialists. 

 

If the TM and selectors clearly communicated that they would look at secondary skills as well , it would encourage Top 7 batters to bowl in domestic white ball as well. 

 

[vvvslaxman]

33 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said:

 

This. You need someone to do the Maxwell role to provide you depth and flexibility in LOIs. 

 

We keep talking about how guys in domestic avoid being multi skilled and end up giving up secondary skills. 

 

But that's because the Indian team values only specialists. 

 

If the TM and selectors clearly communicated that they would look at secondary skills as well , it would encourage Top 7 batters to bowl in domestic white ball as well. 

 

 

In this case RIyan Paragh is their specialist batsman as well. Just that he can bowl almost as good as a specialist spinner. 

[tweaker]

With his recent performances can Riyan Parag cant find a place in the A team even after Patidar,Sarfaraz,Sundar,Saurabh got selected in.the test team

[Vijy]

20 hours ago, tweaker said:

With his recent performances can Riyan Parag cant find a place in the A team even after Patidar,Sarfaraz,Sundar,Saurabh got selected in.the test team

he's not really a long format player. seems to do best in List A (50 overs) for now

[tweaker]

2 hours ago, Vijy said:

he's not really a long format player. seems to do best in List A (50 overs) for now

He is top 8 in batting in this Ranji  season.

[BacktoCricaddict]

On 1/21/2024 at 1:08 AM, Nikhil_cric said:

He's done well in SMAT, Deodhar, Vijay Hazare and Ranji and the only batting allrounder in all domestic. 

 

Surely, he deserves a go in internationals?

At least the A teams, for sure.