Facing Kolkata Knight Riders in Sunday’s double-header match, skipper Riyan Parag turned his dream into reality. He had once tweeted that his “inner conscience says I’m hitting 4 sixes in an over at some point this IPL,” and Sunday was the day when he made that dream a reality. In match 53 of the ongoing IPL 2025, Riyan Parag took charge after a sluggish start and turned the momentum with a blazing, stable innings, putting KKR under pressure.
Winning the toss, KKR opted to bat first and invited visitors to field first. Batting first, the defending champions posted a total of 206 and invited RR to chase. Coming on the chase, the RR started slow and lost Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kunal, and Jaiswal, who tried but fell short to Moeen Ali, but then Riyan Parag came and scripted his dream into reality.
Read the Tweet here:
My inner conscience says i’m hitting 4 sixes in an over at some point this IPL..
— Riyan Paragg (@ParagRiyan) March 14, 2023
Riyan Parag played a stunning innings that cricket fans won’t forget anytime soon. The 23 old-year batter lit up the evening with a blazing knock, but what stood out the most was a single over that left fans stunned and brought back an old tweet that the player tweeted back in 2023. Riyan had tweeted, “My inner conscience says I’m hitting 4 sixes in an over at some point this IPL,” and fast forward to 2025, he not just made this into reality but went one better, making the inner voice sound like a fortune teller.
The moment unfolded in the 13th over of RR innings, facing Moeen Ali, Riyan Parag smashed five sixes in a single over. This moment fulfilled a tweet he posted in 2023, where he said he would hit 4 sixes in an over in the IPL. His innings helped Rajasthan Royals get closer to their target and took off the pressure from Parag.
KKR vs RR Playing XI
Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Moeen Ali, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora.
Impact players for KKR: Manish Pandey, Harshit Rana, Anukul Roy, Rovman Powell, Luvnith Sisodia
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kunal Rathore, Riyan Parag (C), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Yudhvir Singh, Akash Madhwal.
Impact players for RR: Kumar Kartikeya, Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma
