Since his IPL debut for Rajasthan Royals in 2019, Riyan Parag has scored some stunning knocks in the Royals’ pink.
Riyan Parag scored his maiden IPL fifty in his debut season in 2019. Against the Kolkata Knight Riders, he scored 50 runs in 49 balls for the Royals on a difficult day for the team at the Eden Gardens.
He eclipsed that score with an unbeaten 56 in IPL 2020 against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Pune. It was Parag’s first fifty in a winning cause for RR.
In IPL 2024, Parag managed 84 not out against the Delhi Capitals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium to guide the Royals to victory. This is also Parag’s highest score at RR’s home venue in Jaipur.
Riyan Parag’s highest score in the IPL, however, is an incredible 45-ball 95 against KKR at the Eden Gardens in IPL 2025.
95 off 45 balls vs Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2025
Chasing 207 to win against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens in IPL 2025, Rajasthan Royals found themselves in a spot of bother after being reduced to 71/5 in eight overs.
Parag, the stand-in captain in the match, showed impeccable maturity to first steady the Royals’ innings with Shimron Hetmyer for company.
The Assam batter also managed to accelerate the innings when his team needed it and hit six sixes on the trot, including five on the bounce off Moeen Ali.
Parag would fall five short of his maiden IPL century but not before bringing his team back into the contest from the brink of hopelessness. He scored 95 off 45 balls before being holed out at the deep off Harshit Rana.
84 off 45 balls vs Delhi Capitals, IPL 2024
Parag’s previous highest score in the IPL came against the Delhi Capitals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. Batting at No. 4, the right-hander smashed an unbeaten 84 off just 45 deliveries in a match-winning knock.
He paced his innings beautifully - rotating strike early and exploding at the death. His blitz included seven fours and six sixes, and he capped it off by plundering 25 runs in the final over off Anrich Nortje. At the time, it was also the highest individual score by a Rajasthan Royals batter at No. 4 in IPL history, surpassing Shane Watson’s 76.
77 off 49 balls vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL 2024
Coming just days after his heroic knock against DC, Parag starred once again - this time in a high-pressure chase against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Hyderabad.
Chasing 202, Parag walked in with RR at 1/1 and rebuilt the innings with a calm yet assertive 134-run partnership with Yashasvi Jaiswal. Parag scored 77 runs off 49 balls, hitting eight fours and four sixes, and gave RR a genuine chance in what eventually became a nail-biting one-run defeat.
Riyan Parag’s highest scores in IPL
Year | Opponent | Venue | Score | Balls | Strike Rate | Result |
2025 | KKR | Kolkata | 95 | 45 | 211.11 | Lost by 1 run |
2024 | DC | Jaipur | 84* | 45 | 186.67 | Won by 12 runs |
2024 | SRH | Hyderabad | 77 | 49 | 157.14 | Lost by 1 run |
2024 | GT | Jaipur | 76 | 48 | 158.33 | Won by 8 wickets |
2022 | RCB | Pune | 56* | 31 | 180.65 | Won by 29 runs |
2024 | MI | Mumbai | 54* | 39 | 138.46 | Won by 6 wickets |
2019 | DC | Delhi | 50 | 49 | 102.04 | Lost by 5 wickets |
