Riyan Parag has been out of sorts this season•BCCI
PBKS spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has lost his effectiveness after a super start to the season. In his last four outings, he has just one wicket, while his economy in those games has been 11.1. One skill of Chahal’s is his ability to eke out dots, but that has gone missing in this period too, averaging just one per over. He is struggling to create pressure and therefore not finding the wickets too. Has the IPL’s highest wicket-taker in history lost his spark?
You ask anyone in the RR camp about Riyan Parag’s form at press conferences, and the answer is the same: he is hitting it beautifully at the nets. However, with 88 runs in eight innings at a strike rate of 112.82, Parag’s numbers are even worse than Hetmyer discussed above. As he is the captain, giving him a break from the XII is a more complex decision. When will Parag’s fine touch in the nets convert to some substantial runs on the park?
