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"Right before the IPL, I had gone through something": Riyan Parag on his struggle to get runs
Rajasthan Royals' captain Riyan Parag has not been among the runs, but he is not shying away from the challenge. The first half of IPL 2026 has been far from fruitful for him, encountering struggles with the bat. However, Parag admitting that he is in a difficult phase made it clear that he has no intention of dialling down his natural attacking style just to secure safer, more conservative runs. In seven innings so far, Parag has scored 81 runs, and in RR's latest match against LSG on Wednesday, he scored 20 off 19 balls.
"Everyone has been very supportive. I've been going through a phase as well. Right before the IPL, I had gone through something, and even now I'm going through something, and everyone understands that. Everyone respects that, and I thank them for that," Parag said at the post-match presentation.
"I feel the way I'm batting (a big) innings is not too far away, but, as I've been saying, if I go in tomorrow and I play another game, it's going to be what the team needs. It's not me not scoring runs and taking my time, getting 40 off 30, that's not going to happen. I go out there, assess conditions; if they want me to go to 200 from ball one, I do that," he said.
While RR beat LSG by 40 runs to secure the win, Parag felt that the side was not up to the task with the bat. RR, sked to bat, had posted 159/6 in 20 overs.
"Firstly, I feel we were really short with the bat. The way the wicket was playing when me and Hetty were batting, I think we've got to be better."
"I thought, honestly, even with the situation we had, we were close to getting 180, and that would have been a really good score because I knew it was going to be slowing down later, but yeah, the bowlers, they did pretty well," he said.
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