Rajasthan Royals to Play Two IPL 2020 Games in Guwahati

The Rajasthan Royals' franchise have been granted their wishes and will play two of their home games in the IPL 2020 season in Guwahati, the BCCI confirmed on Thursday.

The Royals will host the Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders on April 5 and 9 respectively at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. Both matches are scheduled for an 8pm start.

Rajasthan getting the nod from the BCCI to play two of their games in Guwahati and in the process have a second home venue this season allows the young Riyan Parag to ply his trade in front of his home fans.

The @rajasthanroyals are all set to move to Guwahati for 2 games 😎👌

Guwahati are you ready 🏟️🏟️

Full details here https://t.co/kdVQncNg4t pic.twitter.com/5hh8UuZ3UP

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 27, 2020

A member of India’s 2018 U19 World Cup winning squad, Riyan Parag was bought by Rajasthan Royals for INR 20 lakh in the player auction before IPL 2019. Son of former Assam state cricketer Parag Das and national record holder swimmer Mithu Baruah, Riyan bowls leg-spin and is useful bat too.

In his only season in the IPL so far, he played seven games and scored a total of 160 runs with two wickets to his name. The 18-year-old smashed a half-century against the Delhi Capitals in an away game last season.

The franchise, who only recently appointed Australia's Steve Smith as their captain for the season, will be spending the last three days of February (27, 28 and 29) training in Guwahati. Riyan and Robin Uthappa will be among the players who are expected to be part of this training camp.