Riyan Parag failed again (Photo-PTI)

Ryan Parag: IPL 2026 is proving to be no less than a bad shock for Riyan Parag. Rajasthan captain Parag has not played a single good innings with the bat till now. He had a chance to play a good innings against Lucknow, the team was in trouble but Riyan Parag left the team in trouble. Riyan Parag scored 20 runs in 19 balls against Lucknow. Parag was out after playing a very bad shot and he gave the wicket of Nicholas Pooran on the ball of Prince Yadav. After such poor performance of Parag, he is being cursed on social media.

Critics are after Riyan Parag

After Riyan Parag failed once again, fans cursed him fiercely. Many fans even called him a fraud player. At the same time, many fans raised the question that how a player like Riyan Parag is the captain of Rajasthan team, he is not worthy of playing eleven. Riyan Parag has been cursed on social media before and now he is once again the target.

Biggest fraud hetmeyer and ryan parag… What's the obsession with hetmeyer!!!

— kapil maheshwari (@maheshwari40473) April 22, 2026

Why and how is Riyan Parag a captain? He doesn't even deserve to be part of the team, let alone be the Captain. #LSGvsRR

— Rahul Raj (@raul2rj) April 22, 2026

Riyan Parag's performance is very poor

Let us tell you that Riyan Parag's performance in IPL 2026 has been very poor. This player has scored only 81 runs in 7 matches at an average of just 12. The strike rate of this player is only 122. This season Parag scored 14 unbeaten runs against Chennai. Only 8 runs came from his bat against Gujarat. Riyan Parag has scored only one half-century in the last 15 matches of IPL. He played an inning of 95 runs against KKR. After this, this player could not touch double figures 5 times.

Riyan Parag's bad statistics

Riyan Parag has been playing IPL since 2019 and he has been able to perform well in only one season. In 2020-21, he scored only 86 runs in the entire season. In 2021, 93 runs came from his bat. In 2022, he scored 183 runs at an average of 16.63. In IPL 2023, he scored 78 runs at an average of 13. In the 2024 IPL, Parag scored 573 runs at an average of more than 52. After this, in IPL 2025, this player scored 393 runs at an average of 32.75 and now Parag has scored only 81 runs in 7 matches. Parag has scored only 7 half-centuries in 91 IPL matches and the Rajasthan team has even made him the captain while their team also has top performers like Yashasvi Jaiswal.

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