Where is Riyan Parag? Inside details of all-rounder's recovery at BCCI CoE - exclusive

New Delhi: Riyan Parag was among the archetypal fewer aviator projects erstwhile caput manager Gautam Gambhir’s epoch got underway. Riding connected an fantabulous home play and his multidimensional accomplishment set, Parag recovered a spot successful some the ODI and T20I squads for India’s white-ball circuit of Sri Lanka successful 2024.Parag enjoyed a breakthrough IPL play successful 2024, finishing arsenic Rajasthan Royals’ top-scorer and 3rd wide successful the tourney with 573 runs from 14 innings astatine an awesome mean of 52.09 and a onslaught complaint of 149.21.

Before IPL 2024, helium led Assam to the semi-finals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2023–24. He was the tournament’s top-scorer with 510 runs from 10 matches astatine a singular mean of 85.00 and a onslaught complaint of 182.79, portion besides picking up 11 wickets.

Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Parag’s astir caller T20I quality came successful October past twelvemonth during the location bid against Bangladesh, portion his lone ODI outing was against Sri Lanka successful August 2024.However, a enarthrosis niggle kept the Assam all-rounder distant from action. Parag underwent country for the injury, pursuing which helium returned to competitory cricket during the Ranji Trophy 2024–25 successful January.He spent the aboriginal portion of the 2025–26 play managing his close shoulder.

The wounded flared up again during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, forcing him to miss the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy. Parag past played a competitory lucifer connected December 6 against Odisha successful the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Before the wounded setback, Parag was enduring a thin spot successful home cricket. In September past year, helium scored 3 List A half-centuries for India A against Australia A but failed to transportation that momentum into the unofficial ODIs against South Africa A.

He managed conscionable 100 runs crossed 3 Ranji Trophy matches for Assam. In the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, his scores work 5, 15, 14, 0, 5 and 14.Since then, Parag has been astatine the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence, wherever helium is closing successful connected afloat fitness, TimesofIndia.com has learnt.The 24-year-old is presently astatine the CoE recovering from his enarthrosis injury. TimesofIndia.com understands that the all-rounder, who has been astatine the installation for the past 3 weeks, is awaiting the greenish signal.

“He has started batting and bowling successful the nets this week. He is not feeling immoderate symptom and is getting person to regaining afloat fitness,” a root tracking developments tells TimesofIndia.com.Over the past fewer days, Parag has posted videos of his batting and bowling sessions connected Instagram.With injuries to Tilak Varma, who has been ruled retired until the 3rd T20I of the upcoming New Zealand series, and Washington Sundar, who is apt to beryllium sidelined for a longer period, Parag could travel backmost into contention conscionable up of the T20 World Cup.Parag remains a like-for-like enactment for some Tilak and Sundar but is awaiting clearance from the CoE pursuing his enarthrosis wounded rehabilitation. He has resumed bowling and is throwing astatine afloat strength astatine the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence, with fittingness clearance expected arsenic aboriginal arsenic adjacent week.

Teams are permitted to marque changes to their World Cup squads until January 31, and the Indian squad absorption volition beryllium intimately monitoring Parag’s progress.Sundar has already been ruled retired of the ongoing three-match ODI bid against New Zealand. It remains to beryllium seen whether his replacement, Ayush Badoni, volition diagnostic successful the 5 T20Is arsenic well, oregon if the selectors volition instrumentality a punt connected Parag should helium beryllium declared fit, having been portion of the archetypal plans since the Gautam Gambhir epoch began pursuing India’s 2024 T20 World Cup triumph.