{"id":22068,"date":"2025-03-31T20:35:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T15:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=582857"},"modified":"2025-03-31T20:35:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T15:05:36","slug":"attitude-problem-or-being-cool-riyan-parag-faces-social-media-backlash-after-controversial-phone-throw-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/attitude-problem-or-being-cool-riyan-parag-faces-social-media-backlash-after-controversial-phone-throw-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Attitude problem or being cool: Riyan Parag faces social media backlash after controversial phone throw incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rajasthan Royals\u2019 young all-rounder <\/span><b>Riyan Parag<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has once again found himself under the spotlight, but this time for reasons unrelated to his on-field performances. The Assam-born cricketer, who led RR to their <\/span><b>first victory in IPL 2025<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> against Chennai Super Kings, was seen celebrating with the ground staff at <\/span><b>Barsapara Cricket Stadium<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Guwahati. However, a seemingly playful act during the post-match festivities has stirred controversy on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Riyan Parag is making the news for taking a photo with the support staff & then flipping their phone back to them \ud83d\udcf8<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf8: Star Sports<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CricketTwitter?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CricketTwitter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ipl2025?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ipl2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RR?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CSK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CSK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5fT8euwumM\">pic.twitter.com\/5fT8euwumM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 InsideSport (@InsideSportIND) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InsideSportIND\/status\/1906611285070156052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A viral video from Sunday\u2019s match shows Parag taking a selfie with the ground staff before <\/span><b>tossing the phone back in their direction instead of handing it over properly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. While the act may have been in good humor, it did not sit well with a section of social media users, who found it disrespectful. The video quickly gained traction online, with several fans criticizing Parag for his behavior. Some labeled it as an unnecessary and careless act, while others defended the 22-year-old, insisting it was harmless fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Parag\u2019s struggles in IPL 2025<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Beyond the off-field controversy, Parag has endured a <\/span><b>difficult start to the 2025 IPL season<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Despite a breakthrough IPL 2024 campaign\u2014where he scored <\/span><b>573 runs at an average of 52.09 and a strike rate of 149.22<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014he has failed to replicate that form this year. In the first three matches, he has managed only <strong>66<\/strong><\/span><b> runs in 3 matches<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, adding to RR\u2019s concerns, especially with captain <\/span><b>Sanju Samson\u2019s absence due to injury<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>CSK vs RR match summary<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite Parag\u2019s struggles with the bat, <\/span><b>Rajasthan Royals secured a hard-fought six-run victory<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> over Chennai Super Kings in a thrilling contest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rajasthan Royals (RR) Innings:<\/strong> <strong>182\/9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nitish Rana 81(36)<\/p>\n<p>Riyan Parag 37(28)<\/p>\n<p>Matheesha Pathirana 2\/28(4 overs)<\/p>\n<p><strong data-start=\"1933\" data-end=\"1971\">Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Innings: 176\/6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ruturaj Gaikwad 63(44)<\/p>\n<p>Ravindra Jadeja 32*(22)<\/p>\n<p>Wanindu Hasaranga 3\/35(4 overs)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rajasthan Royals\u2019 young all-rounder Riyan Parag has once again found himself under the spotlight, but this time for reasons unrelated\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":385,"featured_media":42364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/385"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}