IPL 2025 is progressing with great excitement and enthusiasm. Recently in Rajasthan Royals Vs Kolkata Knight Riders match on March 26 at Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati, an interesting incident involving Riyan Parag took place, which has sparked various reactions on social media. The video of this incident has gone viral, leading to a surge in discussions among fans. People are sharing different opinions and comments about it. Let’s take a look at what exactly happened.
While captaining Rajasthan Royals, Riyan Parag witnessed an unexpected incident when a fan evaded security personnel, crossed all boundaries and ran onto the field to meet him. The fan expressed his respect by touching Parag’s feet and even attempted to hug him. His only wish was to meet his favourite and special player. Seeing this, everyone was left astonished.
A fan’s act has sparked various reaction on social media. Some users joked that Riyan Parag had hired the boy for work, while others claimed he was paid Rs. 10,000 to come onto the field and touch his feet. Another user suggested it was Parag’s “Offline PR”, while someone else wondered how a fan ended up on the field if Riyan Parag was the new captain.
However, these social media reactions are merely expressions of people’s emotions and there is no truth to the claim that Riyan Parag Paid 10,000 to the fan. A reputed media house reported this news in a misleading manner, which led to criticism from former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra, this post went viral on social media.
Stumbled upon this article…Headline is explosive, obviously. But there’s nothing mentioned in the article about how they figured out that Riyan paid a fan to touch his feet. NOTHING at all.
In the world of click-bait journalism, this is a new low. And this is mainstream media,… pic.twitter.com/KsdLh76Rhc— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 28, 2025
Sharing a photo, Chopra pointed out that he suddenly came across the article and found the headline explosive. However, the article itself provided no explanation for how they concluded that Riyan had paid the fan to touch his feet. He strongly criticized the journalist, calling it a new low in the world of clickbait journalism, despite coming from mainstream media.
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