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IPL: Rajasthan Royals team may have been defeated by Kolkata Knight Riders by one run in a nail-biting match, but in this match, Riyan Parag played a fighting innings for Rajasthan, as long as Parag was present at the crease, Rajasthan’s victory seemed almost certain, after his dismissal, KKR made a comeback.
Hit 6 sixes in 6 consecutive balls
Riyan Parag came to bat at number four for Rajasthan Royals. He scored 95 runs in 45 balls in the match, in which he hit 6 fours and 8 sixes. ( 6 sixes ) He batted explosively. Moeen Ali bowled the 13th over for Kolkata Knight Riders. Shimron Hetmyer took a single on the first ball of this over. After this, Riyan Parag came on strike. He hit five consecutive sixes in the next five balls. After this, when Varun Chakraborty came to bowl the next over, Parag hit a six on the second ball itself. In this way, Parag hit 6 sixes in 6 consecutive balls. He became the first batsman to hit 6 sixes in 6 consecutive balls in IPL. Before him, no one was able to do such a feat in IPL.
Apart from Parag, all the players flopped badly
When the Rajasthan Royals team came out to chase the big target, it got the first setback in the form of Vaibhav Suryavanshi, when he was out after scoring four. After this Kunal Singh Rathore returned to the pavilion without opening the account. Parag scored 95 runs in 45 balls, hitting 6 fours and 8 sixes. He missed his century by five runs, as long as he was present at the crease. Rajasthan team remained in the match. He did not get support from the rest of the batsmen. Dhruv Jurel and Wanindu Hasranga could not even open their account. Shubham scored 25 runs in 14 balls. Rajasthan scored 205 runs.
Earlier, Andre Russell batted brilliantly for KKR and scored 57 runs in 25 balls, which included four fours and six sixes. He was well supported by Angkrish Raghuvanshi and played an innings of 44 runs. Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 35 runs. It is because of these players that KKR’s team was able to score 206 runs.
