'Yeh wohi hai na jo 30 maarta tha 32 ball mein' - Twitter divided as Riyan Parag smashes blistering 78 off 28 in Ranji Trophy

Young all-rounder Riyan Parag has attracted the eyeballs of Indian cricket fans with his sensational performance in the ongoing elite group B match between Assam and Hyderabad. Both teams are playing this match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. The hosts’ skipper Tanmay Agarwal won the flip of the coin and decided to bowl first.

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Coming back to the Guwahati-based young right-hander, he smashed 78 runs off 28 balls with eight boundaries and six maximums to his name. On the back of Riyan Parag’s knock, Hyderabad managed to score 182 runs for the loss of six wickets at the time of stumps on day 2 of the match.

Following this amazing knock from the 21-year-old, cricket fans have also come up with divided reactions on the social media platform, Twitter. Some of the fans heaped their praises on the youngster whereas a few went on to take a dig at his slow knocks in the Indian T20 League.

Here’s how fans reacted:

What a Innings by @ParagRiyan
78 Runs in just 28 balls (Strike Rate 278.57)
8*4
6*6#riyanparag#BCCISelectionCommittee#BCCI#Assam#bccidomestic@ParagRiyanpic.twitter.com/lByxjXYmuq

— MUKUT SARMA (@MukutSarmah) December 28, 2022

Manish scoring 200 .. Riyan scoring 50 in 19 .. looks like standard of Ranji is too low 👎 https://t.co/mcy88yEZgRpic.twitter.com/Yt8g9PsWSt

— PBSena2.o (@Crraaazzzyyyy) December 28, 2022

Guys is playing T10 in Tests. Time to see if he can replicate his form in IPL nd then in Internationals

— MOHD FUZAIL AHMAD (@mohdfuzailahmad) December 28, 2022

bowling hi bekar ho rhi hogi 🤪😂😂

— Ishaan (@Ishaan_s8) December 28, 2022

He belongs to street cricket 🤣 not at international level

— GaltiSeMistakeHogaya (@AndBhala) December 28, 2022

Let him perform at IPL level atleast first

— fsdss fss (@FsdssFss) December 28, 2022

32 ball kab pahuncha ye?

— Aapka Apna (@Himansh22355331) December 28, 2022

Although Riyan Parag has quite a bit good numbers to his name in First-Class cricket as he has scored 1154 runs in 32 innings of the 19 matches, he played so far. Riyan has a good batting average of 36.06 with a century and nine half-centuries to his name.

Talking about the update of the ongoing match between Assam and Hyderabad, the former has taken the lead of 179 runs in the second innings. Earlier in the first innings, Hyderabad posted a total of 208 runs in response to Assam’s 205 runs of the first innings to take a minor lead of 3 runs. Rohit Rayudu and Bhagath Varma of Hyderabad played the knock of 60 and 46 runs to help the hosts to reach a total of 208 runs.

Currently, the action of the third day’s play is under action between both teams.