Riyan Parag

Riyan Parag Das (born 10 November 2001) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Assam in domestic cricket and for Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Riyan Parag
Personal information
Full name
Riyan Parag Das[1]
Born 10 November 2001 (age 21)
Guwahati, Assam, India
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Leg break
Role Top-order batter
Relations Parag Das (father)
Domestic team information
Years Team
2017–present Assam
2019–present Rajasthan Royals (squad no. 6)
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 17 38 81
Runs scored 973 1308 1,455
Batting average 33.55 38.47 25.98
100s/50s 1/7 3/7 0/11
Top score 123 174 77*
Balls bowled 1,315 1,440 779
Wickets 30 36 30
Bowling average 38.68 33.50 31.16
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/68 4/27 3/30
Catches/stumpings 12/– 18/– 40/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 March 2022

Personal life

Riyan’s father, Parag Das is a former first-class cricketer who played for Assam and Railways. His mother Mithoo Barooah, is a former national record holding swimmer in 50m freestyle who represented India at the Asian Championships and SAF Games.

Career

Riyan made his Twenty20 debut for Assam in the 2016–17 Inter State Twenty-20 Tournament on 29 January 2017. In October 2017, he was named in India’s squad for the 2017 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup. He made his first-class debut for Assam in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy on 17 November 2017.

In December 2017, he was named in India’s squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He was the leading run-scorer for Assam in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, with 248 runs in seven matches.

In December 2018, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League at his base price of 20 lakhs. During the 2019 Indian Premier League, he became the youngest cricketer to score a fifty in the history of the Indian Premier League. He achieved the feat at the age of 17 years and 175 days breaking the previous record of 18 years and 169 days, jointly held by Sanju Samson and Prithvi Shaw.

He was released by Rajasthan ahead of the mega auction for 2022 Indian Premier League. In February 2022, he was re-bought by the Rajasthan Royals in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.