Parag was announced the Royals captain after Sanju Samson was traded to Chennai Super Kings for a significant Rs 18 crore.

Fourteen-year-old batting prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has decided to skip his Class 10 CBSE examinations this year to prioritise his rapidly rising cricket career, according to his father. Sooryavanshi, who recently smashed a match-winning 175 off 80 balls in the Under-19 World Cup final against England in Harare to guide India