Rajasthan Royals assistant coach Shane Bond has described in-form Riyan Parag as a participant of “extreme talent” and likened him to a younger Suryakumar Yadav who joined Mumbai Indians a number of years in the past and went on to grow to be some of the explosive T20 batters on this planet. The 22-year-old Parag has introduced his wealthy kind from home cricket into the IPL, putting two top quality fifties to assist Rajasthan notch up wins in all three video games thus far.

Parag’s newest effort got here towards Mumbai Indians in his facet’s six-wicket win on Monday. He dropped anchor to spearhead Royals’ chase of 126, scoring 54 not out off 39 balls with the assistance of 5 fours and three sixes.

“He (Parag) sort of reminds me a little bit of Surya (Suryakumar Yadav), who came to Mumbai a few years ago. He looks like that – he has got extreme talent. He has just matured as a cricketer, even though he is only 22,” Bond, who can also be the RR bowling coach, stated on the post-match press convention.

Bond performed a vital function in growing bowling skills at MI in his nine-year stint with the Mumbai-based franchise from 2015 onwards, earlier than shifting base to Jaipur this 12 months.

“He (Parag) has had an outstanding domestic season, obviously, batting up the order. The trade we made with Devdutt (Padikkal), bringing Avesh (Khan) in, that was to put Riyan up into a position which was probably better suited,” the previous New Zealand quick bowler added.

Suryakumar, the world’s primary T20 batter, joined MI in 2011 and spent 4 years at Kolkata Knight Riders from 2014-17 earlier than he was introduced again to the Mumbai facet in 2018. He is recovering from a current surgical procedure. Bond stated Parag has needed to play the function of a finisher within the IPL at a younger age whereas different groups have skilled worldwide gamers in that function.

“Riyan started so young, you forget that he was 17 or something, playing in one of the toughest spots in a batting line-up of No 6. You look at the characters who finish games around the IPL, they are generally pretty experienced guys,” he stated.

“(The) Tim Davids, (the) Dave Millers… these are high quality players who play international cricket. Riyan has been tasked with that for a number of years. He is still a very young man, but he has got this wealth of experience behind him now.

“We are getting the best of him. The investment that RR have made of him, it’s starting to reap the rewards. It is pretty exciting what he could offer for the rest of the season for us.” Bond additionally felt “selfless” Yuzvendra Chahal, who produced a measly spell of 4-0-11-3 to arrange Rajasthan’s win on Monday, might be again in India reckoning if he continues to ship.

“The competition is pretty tough, so one of the real challenges for any bowler coming into this tournament is to forget that there is a World Cup, and you start bowling to get into a World Cup team,” he stated.

“If your team is successful, you are in a winning team, selections and rewards come from that. That has more of been our focus, to forget about all that other noise from the outside and just work really hard for each other.

“If we do that, I have got no doubt people are going to start talking like you are now about Chahal and whether he will feature in a World Cup or not. He is bowling beautifully, and if he keeps doing that, then we have got a massive chance in this tournament,” he added.

Bond stated having information about opposition gamers additionally helps in making methods for his present crew.

“When you have obviously spent so much time with certain players, watched them every day and talked to them about their game and the way that they see the game, that definitely helps,” he stated.

“It was quite fun being on the other side of the team. A couple of dismissals, you get a lot of satisfaction from that.” MI pacer Akash Madhwal stated a recent pitch on the Wankhede Stadium assisted bowlers within the first sport however sustaining tight traces was equally essential.

“We had to get our basics right and had to bowl in the line of the stumps. The pitch had some help for the fast bowlers,” stated Madhwal, who returned 3/20.

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