WATCH: Harshal Patel refuses to shake hands with Riyan Parag after RCB vs RR match
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Harshal Patel and Riyan Parag
When the match was over between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals and every player started for the usual hand-shaking, Harshal denied shaking hands with Riyan Parag. In the last over 18 runs were made off Patel’s over.
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First, opener Jos Buttler failed to score big and another opener Devdutt Padikkal also walked off with 7 off 7 from an LBW off Mohammed Siraj. Ravichandran Ashwin played a quick knock of 17 off 9 with 4 fours and gave away his wicket to Siraj. Sanju Samson played a slow innings of 27 off 21 with four and 3 sixes. Daryl Mitchell played 16 off 24 balls.
But it was with the help of Riyan Parag’s much needed half-century knock that made RR reach at least a decent score of 144/8. Parag smashed 3 fours and 4 sixes to score an unbeaten 56 off 31 balls. The later batsmen only scored single digit runs. From RCB’s bowlers, Siraj, Hazlewood, and Wanindu Hasaranga grabbed 2 wickets each while Harshal Patel took 1 wicket.
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“he Royals have shown faith in me”- Riyan Parag on RR
Riyan Parag was awarded the Player of the Match and in the post-match presentation he said:
“A bit of satisfaction. The Royals have shown faith in me for the last three years, and I am paying them back bit by bit. I love pressure and I am just showcasing my abilities. During the time-out, Sanga came out and we agreed that 140 was a good total on this wicket.”
“We decided to go big in the last two overs. I wanted to target Hasaranga in his second over, but we lost wickets, and so I had to strategize and go after Hazlewood and Harshal,” he added.
With this win RR now have 12 points and are standing at the tops of the points table.
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