Parag was called out for his improper conduct on the field and often getting angry at teammates.
In 17 matches, Parag managed 186 runs with one fifty to his name, averaging 16.63 with a strike rate of 138.63. These numbers are what got him criticized by Twitterati on social media and even led to RR trying R Ashwin over him as a hitter.
IPL 2022: Suryakumar Yadav praising Riyan Parag’s ‘attitude’ leads to criticism from Twitterati
When it came to the final match of IPL 2022, Parag only managed to score 15 runs off 15 deliveries, while RR looked to accelerate in the death overs to get to a score near 150 odd. But they finished with 130/9, which GT chased down with 7 wickets in hands and became the IPL 2022 champions.
He was even seen mocking the umpires when one of his catches was deemed to have touched the ground and when he took a catch, later on, he showboated by almost touching the ball to the ground.
Former cricketers like Simon Doull and Mathew Hayden criticized him for his antics on and off the field.
But with him failing to help his franchise in the crunch IPL 2022 final, Twitterverse was not kind to Riyan Parag and slammed him.
Here are some tweets: