Riyan Parag crosses 500 runs mark in IPL 2024, becomes sixth highest run scorer in IPL 2024 players list

Ryan Parag: Riyan Parag's bat has roared a lot in IPL 2024. He has completed 500 runs this season by playing an inning of 48 runs in 34 balls in the match against Punjab Kings. He is only the sixth batsman to do so in IPL 2024. This young batsman of Rajasthan Royals has scored 531 runs in 13 matches this season. Parag has now come fourth in the Orange Cap race and this season he has also scored 4 half-century innings with his bat. Many experts have also praised Parag's performance in IPL 2024, but before this his bat had remained silent for 5 consecutive seasons. Recall that in the 2019 auction, Riyan Parag was bought by Rajasthan Royals for his base price of Rs 20 lakh and he has been playing for this franchise since then.

Total 600 runs scored in last 5 seasons

Riyan Parag started his IPL career in 2019 by playing for Rajasthan Royals. Before 2024, there had not been a single season when he had touched the 200-run mark during the entire tournament. In the first season, he scored 160 runs in 7 matches, but his performance in the next two years proved to be even worse. In 2022, he scored 183 runs in 17 matches with his bat, but next season he did not get the opportunity to play the entire match. If we look at all these five seasons together, he had scored 600 runs in 54 matches at a poor average of 16.22. It is also surprising that in 5 seasons only 2 half-century innings came from Riyan Parag's bat.

Now score 500 runs in a single season

Where Riyan Parag was able to score a total of 600 runs in the last 5 seasons. His batting has improved so much in IPL 2024 that he has crossed the 500-run mark in just 13 matches. While in the last five seasons he had scored only 2 fifties, this season he has so far scored 4 half-centuries. 2024 is also special for him because this time his bat is raining runs at an average of 59. Riyan Parag had also completed 1000 runs in his IPL career this season. Although for this excellent performance he did not get a place in the Indian squad for the T20 World Cup, but he may definitely get an opportunity to debut after the World Cup.

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