IPL 2022: Harshal Patel, Riyan Parag in verbal fight during RCB vs RR

Royal Challengers Bangalore's Harshal Patel and Rajashtan Royals' Riyan Parag were involved in heated arguments at the end of the first innings during Tuesday's match in Pune. It took RR's fielding coach to break off the fight so the game can go on. Both players later refused to do customary handshakes after the unsavory word exchange.

Parag was seen blowing off at bowler Patel when the Royals bat first in the first innings. They were yelling at each other screaming until RR's fielding coach Dishant Yagnik break the verbal fight. They then went back to their own dugout still yelling at each other as the innings ended.

The fight between the two continues to the second innings of the game when RCB took the bat. Patel was the last batsman for Bangalore before bowler Kuldeep Sen dismissed him at only 19.3 over. The match then ended with Rajasthan winning the game then both teams shook each other hands in sportsmanship solidarity.

But that is not the case with the two players who previously fought in the first innings, Parag and Patel. Parag was the first to hold up his hand intending to shake the bowler’s hand. But Patel ignored his hand and move on to shake Parag's teammates instead. Parag was shocked at first but also continue to shake RCB’s other players.

Match Preview

The game between RR and RCB was held on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. It was the 39 out of 70 games in the Indian Premier League 2022 season. The game ends with the Royals bringing home the victory by 29 runs because RCB ran out of wickets in the last over.

The game starts with the Challengers winning the toss and deciding to bowl, letting Rajasthan bat in the first innings. The Royals ended up with a score of 144 runs in 20 overs. They almost lost all their wickets by losing 8 wickets with 2 wickets to spare at the end.

Parag managed to score a total of 56 runs not out off 31 balls which includes three 4s and four 6s. Following him behind as top-scorer is Sanju Samson who scored 27 runs off 21 balls.

RCB took the bat in the second innings and was able to only score 115 runs in 19.3 overs. They were unable to bowl the last three balls in the last over since they ran out of wickets. The three top scorers of the team all scored less than a quarter-century with the highest being 23 runs off 21 balls by skipper Faf du Plessis.

This is the Challengers' second loss after losing to the Sunrisers Hyderabad last Saturday. Now they are ranked fifth in the IPL 2022. They have won five out of nine games.

Meanwhile, Rajasthan is now at the very top of the list at the first position for having six wins out of eight games they played so far.