Cricket historical past is perhaps wealthy with loads of unorthodox bowling actions, however Riyan Parag’s one-off try in Delhi on Wednesday is able to giving even probably the most absurd of them some powerful competitors. Nevertheless, the spinner went off the touchdown crease throughout his wild try and was duly fined.
India have been cruising in direction of collection victory on the Arun Jaitley Stadium within the second T20I as Bangladesh collapsed to 46/4 inside seven overs throughout a mammoth chase of 222. The respiration room even allowed Suryalumar Yadav to afford his frontline bowlers some relaxation whereas testing his part-time choices comparable to Abhishek Sharma and Riyan Parag. Whereas the tactic labored out brilliantly because the wickets saved tumbling for the Tigers, it additionally led to some uncommon moments on the cricket discipline, headlined by probably the most absurd of bowling actions from Parag within the eleventh over.
Handed the ball for the primary time within the sport, the teenager was greeted with an enormous six from Mahmudullah. When the veteran returned on strike for the fourth ball, Parag felt the necessity to strive one thing completely different and had the reply proper up his sleeve. Assuming the common off-spin motion to start, Parag simply took a few steps earlier than trundling broad of the crease and looping the ball alongside the byline with a round-arm motion, as if throwing a frisbee as a substitute of a cricket ball. Although the try did handle to deceive his skilled counterpart as he let it move by harmlessly for a dot ball, Parag had gone overboard in his quirky try and the umpires have been fast to note. The 22-year-old’s backfoot in the course of the supply had not solely gone previous the return crease however was firmly on the grass, leading to a no-ball name from upstairs.
Twitterati was completely bemused by the absurd sequence of motion and took to social media to precise their ideas.
What was that?
LOL!
What was that Riyan Parag ? 🤣🤣#INDvsBAN pic.twitter.com/qBxWsFgeyI
— VIGHNESH🔴 (@vigz__manutd) October 9, 2024
Bro you will huge names in Indian cricket historical past 🫵🔥#riyanparag pic.twitter.com/Msb6Df0mWq
— Shubham Tiwari (@Ktshubham18) October 9, 2024
Hilarious!
Epic!
What was that Riyan Parag ? 🤣🤣#INDvsBAN pic.twitter.com/JAOTn2mLZM
— sajid (@NaxirSajid32823) October 9, 2024
Riyan Parag joins the wicket taking social gathering 🎉
The wicket! The catch! The celebration 👌👌
INDvBAN-2ndT20…… #INDvBAN@IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/PPpItw60CX— Sachin (@SachinLohre) October 9, 2024
Yeah!
Sure he did!
RIYAN PARAG CHANGED HIS BOWLING ACTION AND TOOK A WICKET 🤯
One other discover of IPL, one other all-rounder within the making for India. What aggression 🇮🇳🔥🔥#INDvBAN #tapmad #DontStopStreaming pic.twitter.com/xll7LBEvVB— Payal Sharma (@Payal348) October 9, 2024
Congratulations Riyan Parag… However do not do overacting
— Husnain (@imhussi) October 9, 2024