Former Rajasthan Ranji team skipper predicts the next big thing in T20 cricket

Riyan Parag is currently busy playing the Ranji Trophy 2022-23 for his Assam team. He is coming off after a good season with both the bat and the ball in the recently concluded Vijay Hazare Trophy. In nine matches, he scored 552 runs at an average of 69. With the ball, he took 10 wickets in nine matches, at an economy of 5.57.

Even, in the first match of this year’s Ranji Trophy, he scored 76 runs off 108 balls, including nine fours and two sixes. However, the Rajasthan franchise also retained him for the upcoming season of the Indian T20 League. Now, regarding this star all-rounder, Rajasthan’s fielding coach, Dishant Yagnik came up with a bold claim on Twitter.

Here is the shared tweet:

Remember my words-:

Riyan Parag will be next big thing in T20 format for India in coming years !!@ParagRiyan @rajasthanroyals #riyan

— Dishant Yagnik (@Dishantyagnik77) December 13, 2022

Riyan Parag has scored 522 runs in 47 matches in the Indian T20 League so far

Speaking of the tweet, it reads: “Remember my words-: Riyan Parag will be the next big thing in T20 format for India in coming years !! @ParagRiyan @rajasthanroyals #riyan.” Dishant Yagnik is the former skipper of Rajasthan in the Ranji Trophy. Currently, he is the fielding coach of the Rajasthan franchise.

Speaking about Riyan Parag, he was a crucial part of team India’s Under-19 World Cup winning campaign. He won that World Cup in 2018 while in the next years, the Rajasthan franchise bought him. On 13 December, Riyan scored 76 runs and Assam scored 286 runs in the first innings. Recently, in the quarter-final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, he scored 174 runs off 116 balls, including 12 fours and 12 sixes to chase down the 351-run target in 46.1 overs.

Recently, while speaking to News18, Riyan Parag said that Kumar Sangakkara and the whole crew including Sanju Samson have shown a lot of belief in him. He said: "A lot. Sanga (Kumar Sangakkara) and the whole crew including Sanju Samson have shown a lot of belief in me. In the last four years, the first year was good for me, then the next three years playing down the order. I have always said it’s the toughest job in T20 cricket. It’s a challenge that I want to master and I am on my way to learning a lot of new things you only get better playing that role. Playing No.6/7 in a high-pressure T20 game is a tough job but will only build your character."