India, May 5 -- The Rajasthan Royals might be doing reasonably well in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season, but former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar still isn't sold on the idea of Riyan Parag leading the franchise. The right-handed batter, 24, hasn't set the tournament ablaze with his own performances, and it took Parag ten matches to come up with his first half-century in the 19th edition of the T20 tournament. To make matters worse, Parag found himself at the centre of a huge controversy after he was caught on camera vaping inside the dressing room. For this offence, the youngster was fined 25 per cent of his match fees.

Parag, who joined the Royals in 2019, has been with the franchise for seven years but has failed to string ...