Rajasthan Royals' Riyan Parag feels that he doesn't deserve to be included in Indian team

The Assam-based cricketer Riyan Parag has said that he's content to wait for the national call-up and believes that if he can help his team win games with powerful performances, the doors will open on their own.

While talking to an online video content platform Sports Tak, the Under-19 India cricketer and Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Parag cited that he has not won enough matches for his team to receive an Indian cap. 

"I want to win more matches for India. I have won one or two matches, but that is not enough. If I can make my team win 6-7 matches on the back of performances, only then I can be in the reckoning. If I get selected in the Indian team probables, I won't like it myself. I don't deserve it," said Parag.

"In the coming season, I want to win more matches for my team, and that will, in turn, give me the confidence to perform well." 

Parag aspires to command the No. 6 and 7 slots in the batting order and wants to play the great MS Dhoni's role throughout his cricketing career.

"I am learning a lot. No. 6 and 7 are not easy. People think you just come and hit sixes; there is no tension. But that is not how it works. I played a couple of good innings, and I definitely could have done better. 

"I want to own No. 6 and 7 position. Only one player has done that in world cricket, and that is MS Dhoni. Barring him, no other person comes to mind. I hope to go on that road," Parag further added.

The 20-year-old all-rounder didn't have the greatest of time in the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League. With the bat, he could only manage to score 183 runs from 17 matches with one half-century. 

Parag's only half-century was a match-winning knock against the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), and he won the man of the match award for it. 

Nevertheless, the budding cricketer was part of the runner-up team, where he would have garnered a lot of experience.