Riyan Parag

Riyan Parag Das (born 10 November 2001) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Assam in domestic cricket and for Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL).[2]

Riyan Parag
Personal information
Full name
Riyan Parag Das[1]
Born (2001-11-10) 10 November 2001
Guwahati, Assam, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeg break
RoleTop-order batter
RelationsParag Das (father)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–presentAssam
2019–presentRajasthan Royals (squad no. 6)
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 17 38 81
Runs scored 973 1308 1,455
Batting average 33.55 38.47 25.98
100s/50s 1/7 3/7 0/11
Top score 123 174 77*
Balls bowled 1,315 1,440 779
Wickets 30 36 30
Bowling average 38.68 33.50 31.16
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/68 4/27 3/30
Catches/stumpings 12/– 18/– 40/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 March 2022

Personal life

Riyan's father, Parag Das is a former first-class cricketer who played for Assam and Railways.[3][4] His mother Mithoo Barooah, is a former national record holding swimmer in 50m freestyle who represented India at the Asian Championships and SAF Games.[5]

Career

Riyan made his Twenty20 debut for Assam in the 2016–17 Inter State Twenty-20 Tournament on 29 January 2017.[6] In October 2017, he was named in India's squad for the 2017 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup.[7] He made his first-class debut for Assam in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy on 17 November 2017.[8]

In December 2017, he was named in India's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[9] He was the leading run-scorer for Assam in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, with 248 runs in seven matches.[10]

In December 2018, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League at his base price of 20 lakhs.[11][12] During the 2019 Indian Premier League, he became the youngest cricketer to score a fifty in the history of the Indian Premier League.[13] He achieved the feat at the age of 17 years and 175 days breaking the previous record of 18 years and 169 days, jointly held by Sanju Samson and Prithvi Shaw.[14]

He was released by Rajasthan ahead of the mega auction for 2022 Indian Premier League.[15] In February 2022, he was re-bought by the Rajasthan Royals in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.[16]

References
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  2. "Riyan Parag". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 30 January 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  3. Kishore, Shashank (3 August 2017). "Playstation, books, music, and a whole lot of runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  4. "MS Dhoni connection between Riyan Parag and his father". The News Mill. 29 April 2019. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  5. "Riyan soars on cricketer father's dreams". The Times of India. 17 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  6. "Inter State Twenty-20 Tournament, East Zone: Assam v Jharkhand at Kolkata, Jan 29, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 29 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  7. "India U-19 team for U-19 Asia Cup announced". Cricket Country. 16 October 2017. Archived from the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  8. "Group A, Ranji Trophy at Guwahati, Nov 17-20 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  9. "Prithvi Shaw to lead India in Under-19 World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. 3 December 2017. Archived from the original on 3 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  10. "Vijay Hazare Trophy, 2016/17 - Assam: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  11. "IPL 2019 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. 18 December 2018. Archived from the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  12. "IPL 2019 Auction: Who got whom". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  13. "IPL 2020 - Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad in power-packed band of uncapped Indian batsmen". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  14. "Riyan Parag youngest to score maiden ipl fifty surpasses Sanju Samson, Prithvi Shaw". Cricket Country. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  15. "IPL 2022: List of players released by Rajasthan Royals". Crictracker. 1 December 2021. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  16. "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. 13 February 2022. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
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