IPL 2024: Rajasthan Royals assistant coach Shane Bond has described the in-form Riyan Parag as very talented and compared him to Suryakumar Yadav, who joined Mumbai Indians a decade ago, who later became one of the most aggressive T20 batsmen in the world. Twenty-two year old Parag has continued his domestic cricket form in IPL as well and has scored two half-centuries. He played an unbeaten inning of 54 runs in 39 balls in the six-wicket win against Mumbai Indians on Monday. Bond said, ‘Parag reminds me of Suryakumar Yadav who was associated with Mumbai Indians many years ago. He is immensely talented and is also maturing as a cricketer.
IPL 2024: Parag performed well in the domestic season: Shane Bond
He said, ‘He has performed well in the domestic season. He started playing cricket at a very young age and batting at number six is not easy. In IPL, the role of finisher is generally played by very experienced players. The investment that has been made in Royals is beginning to bear fruit. He also said that if Yuzvendra Chahal, who has been performing selflessly, continues to play like this, he can make a comeback in the Indian team.
IPL 2024: Chahal can make a place in the team
Bond said, ‘The competition is tough and the biggest challenge is that the bowler has to bowl forgetting that the World Cup is about to happen and he has to stake his claim for a place in the team. If Chahal continues bowling like this, he can make a place in the World Cup team.