Riyan Parag fan breaches security during KKR vs RR IPL 2025 match; VIDEO goes viral

During the IPL match, a fan breached security to meet Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag, who was leading for the first time at home. The Royals struggled, losing four wickets quickly, but managed to score 151/9. KKR chased down the target comfortably with a solid partnership.

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Updated27 Mar 2025, 12:16 PM IST
Fan in Guwahati breaches security to meet Riyan Parag
Fan in Guwahati breaches security to meet Riyan Parag

IPL 2025 has been hit by yet another security breach as a fan managed to get past security to meet Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag. Parag, who was appointed captain of RR for the first few matches of IPL 2025 due to Sanju Samson's injury, lede his team for the first time in front of his home crowd in Guwahati during their match against Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday.

Earlier, during the first match of IPL 2025 at Kolkata's Eden Gardens, a fan had managed to sneak past security to meet Virat Kohli.

Also Read | Chakaravarthy vs Riyan - the foundation for KKR’s De Kock powered win against RR

What happened during KKR vs RR match?

During the match, Parag was starting off his new over when the batsman walked away from the stumps seeing a fan get past the security and running across to the pitch. Things unfolded quickly as the fan reached Parag, touched his feet and hugged him before being dragged from the stadium by the security staff.

Watch viral video here

While the Riyan Parag fan in video hasn't been identified yet, a video of him talking about entering the stadium to meet the cricketer has also gone viral. In the video, a person meets this fan and asks him if he will go inside the stadium, to which the fan replies in the affirmative.

Netizens react to Riyan Parag fan entering stadium:

“The fan came all the way and this guy doesn’t have courtesy to even smile” reacted one user to the video.

“A person risked getting banned from the stadium or even getting a jailed, only to show gratitude to Riyan Parag. What a crazy fan of KKR.” reacted another user

“This was totally staged imo. Riyan Parag will surpass even Rishabh Pant in PR tactics.” another user added.

KKR thrash RR by 8 wickets:

Rajasthan Royals made an array of changes to their playing combination. They brought in Sri Lankan spinner Wanindu Hasaranga replacing Afghanistan pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi on a sluggish surface.

Coming in to bat first, RR started on a positive note with Sanju Samson and Yashasvi Jaiswal going all out against the Kolkata bowling attack. But the arrival of Moen Ali and Varun Chakravarthy not only put a halt on RR scoring rate but also caused a flurry of wickets.

From 67/1 at one stage, Rajasthan Royals were reduced to 83/5 as Rajasthan Royals lost four wickets in four consecutive overs to Moeen Ali and Varun Chakaravarthy. Moeen Ali finished with impressive figures of 2/23 while Varun Charavarthy bounced back with of 2/17 (4), after going for 43 runs in the opening game against RCB.

Dhruv Jurel, batting at no.6 and Jofra Archer at no.9, ensured Rajasthan Royals batted the full 20 overs. Dhruv Jurel’s patient 33 and Jofra Archer’s quickfire 16 not out off seven balls took Rajasthan Royals to 151/9.
In reply, KKR lost some early wickets but the partnership between Quinton de Kock and Ankish Raghuvanshi ensured that there were no hiccups along the way as KKR got to the total with plenty of time left in the game.

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First Published:27 Mar 2025, 10:39 AM IST
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