Rajasthan Royals assistant coach Shane Bond has described in-form Riyan Parag as a participant of “excessive expertise” and likened him to a younger Suryakumar Yadav who joined Mumbai Indians a number of years in the past and went on to change into one of the vital explosive T20 batters on this planet.
The 22-year-old Parag has introduced his wealthy kind from home cricket into the IPL, putting two prime quality fifties to assist Rajasthan notch up wins in all three video games up to now.
Parag’s newest effort got here towards Mumbai Indians in his facet’s six-wicket win on Monday. He dropped anchor to spearhead Royals’ chase of 126, scoring 54 not out off 39 balls with the assistance of 5 fours and three sixes.
“He (Parag) type of jogs my memory somewhat little bit of Surya (Suryakumar Yadav), who got here to Mumbai just a few years in the past. He appears to be like like that – he has acquired excessive expertise. He has simply matured as a cricketer, although he’s solely 22,” Bond, who can also be the RR bowling coach, mentioned on the post-match press convention.
Bond performed an important position in growing bowling skills at MI in his nine-year stint with the Mumbai-based franchise from 2015 onwards, earlier than shifting base to Jaipur this 12 months.
“He (Parag) has had an impressive home season, clearly, batting up the order. The commerce we made with Devdutt (Padikkal), bringing Avesh (Khan) in, that was to place Riyan up right into a place which was most likely higher suited,” the previous New Zealand quick bowler added.
Suryakumar, the world’s primary T20 batter, joined MI in 2011 and spent 4 years at Kolkata Knight Riders from 2014-17 earlier than he was introduced again to the Mumbai facet in 2018. He’s recovering from a latest surgical procedure. Bond mentioned Parag has needed to play the position of a finisher within the IPL at a younger age whereas different groups have skilled worldwide gamers in that position.
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“Riyan began so younger, you overlook that he was 17 or one thing, enjoying in one of many hardest spots in a batting line-up of No 6. You have a look at the characters who end video games across the IPL, they’re usually fairly skilled guys,” he mentioned.
“(The) Tim Davids, (the) Dave Millers… these are prime quality gamers who play worldwide cricket. Riyan has been tasked with that for plenty of years. He’s nonetheless a really younger man, however he has acquired this wealth of expertise behind him now.
“We’re getting one of the best of him. The funding that RR have manufactured from him, it’s beginning to reap the rewards. It’s fairly thrilling what he may supply for the remainder of the season for us.” Bond additionally felt “selfless” Yuzvendra Chahal, who produced a measly spell of 4-0-11-3 to arrange Rajasthan’s win on Monday, might be again in India reckoning if he continues to ship.
“The competitors is fairly powerful, so one of many actual challenges for any bowler coming into this match is to overlook that there’s a World Cup, and also you begin bowling to get right into a World Cup staff,” he mentioned.
“In case your staff is profitable, you’re in a profitable staff, choices and rewards come from that. That has extra of been our focus, to overlook about all that different noise from the skin and simply work actually onerous for one another.
“If we do this, I’ve acquired little doubt individuals are going to start out speaking such as you at the moment are about Chahal and whether or not he’ll characteristic in a World Cup or not. He’s bowling fantastically, and if he retains doing that, then we now have acquired an enormous likelihood on this match,” he added.
Bond mentioned having data about opposition gamers additionally helps in making methods for his present staff.
“When you’ve got clearly spent a lot time with sure gamers, watched them daily and talked to them about their sport and the best way that they see the sport, that positively helps,” he mentioned.
“It was fairly enjoyable being on the opposite facet of the staff. A few dismissals, you get a number of satisfaction from that.” MI pacer Akash Madhwal mentioned a contemporary pitch on the Wankhede Stadium assisted bowlers within the first sport however sustaining tight traces was equally essential.
“We needed to get our fundamentals proper and needed to bowl within the line of the stumps. The pitch had some assist for the quick bowlers,” mentioned Madhwal, who returned 3/20.