AHMEDABAD: Riyan Parag, who has been on-fire in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy, having slammed a record seven fifties on the trot for Assam, is in line to receive his maiden India call-up, for the T20I series against Australia, TOI has learnt. The five-match series will kick off just after the World Cup from November 23.
With 510 runs in 10 matches at an average of 85.00 and an incredible strike rate of 182.79, Parag is so far the top run-getter in the Mushtaq Ali Trophy in this edition, and was the stellar performer in Assam's amazing march to the semifinals of the tournament. To add to his worth, Parag, who plays for the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, has picked 11 wickets @24.54, at an economy rate of 7.29, with best figures of three for nine with his part-time off-spin. Parag was also the highest run-getter in the Deodhar Trophy this season, scoring 354 runs in five [email protected] (strike rate of 136.67), with two hundreds and one fifty, besides taking 11 [email protected] for East Zone.
