Riyan Parag has played 9 T20Is and one T20I for India thus far.
During an interview with City1016 Radio, Parag described the moment he discovered his search history had been mistakenly broadcast on a live feed, causing a social media frenzy.
"I finished the IPL, we were in Chennai, finished the match, got on a Discord call with my streaming team, and it got publicized now, but it happened before the IPL. One of the people in my Discord team tried to set me up before the IPL, but that got taken down very quickly. But then after the IPL, the hype was there, and I had a good season. I came and opened my stream, I didn't have Spotify or Apple Music. Everything was deleted," Parag explained.
"So I went on YouTube to put on music, and I searched for music. But I didn't know what was happening, but once I did the stream ended, I was like Oh s**t! This happened. It just got blown out of proportion. I didn't think it was good enough a reason for me to go out publicly and clarify everything and no one would understand," he added.
Despite the backlash, he took the incident in stride and focused on his career.
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Parag has played 9 T20Is and 1 ODI for India and has made 121 runs and taken 7 wickets in all.