Riyan Parag has lastly opened up about his heated verbal battle with Royal Challengers Bangalore pacer Harshal Patel in the course of the recently-concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. Recalling the altercation, Parag mentioned he was instigated by Harshal’s teammate Mohammed Siraj. Later, Harshal joined the duel and followers witnessed some disagreeable scenes on the sector. Parag additionally known as Harshal ‘immature’ for not shaking palms with him after the competition.
Notably, the incident occurred after the top of the primary innings. Parag had scored a wonderful half-century and walked again unbeaten at 56. He took Harshal to cleaners within the final over, churning out 18 runs to take the group’s rating previous the 140-run mark. Whereas nothing as such passed off between overs, mood flames between Harshal and Parag after the top of the innings.
Harshal Patel didn’t shake my hand, which I assumed was somewhat immature: Riyan Parag
Parag revealed that he made a hand gesture in the direction of Harshal after smashing him for boundaries because the pacer did the identical after dismissing him in IPL 2021. “Final 12 months, Harshal Patel had dismissed me once we had been taking part in in opposition to RCB. I used to be strolling again. Then, he made a hand gesture telling me to go away. I didn’t see that on the spot. I noticed that after I went again to the resort and noticed the replay. It caught in my thoughts since,” Parag said throughout a gaming stream on Rooter.
“Now, after I hit him (Harshal) within the final over (in opposition to RCB in IPL 2022), I did the identical gesture. I didn’t say something, I didn’t abuse. However then, Siraj known as me and mentioned, “Hey, come right here, come right here’. He mentioned, ‘you’re a child, behave like a child’,” he added.
“I advised him, ‘bhaiya, I’m not saying something to you’. By then, gamers from each the groups got here and it ended there. Later, Harshal didn’t shake my hand. which I assumed was somewhat immature,” Parag additional mentioned. In the meantime, Parag was RR’s designated finisher within the season and he did a good job. The teen scored 183 runs in 14 innings together with a half-century.
