Riyan Parag sulking in a corner: Internet abuzz with Shubman Gill and Ananya Panday's heartwarming exchange behind the scenes

Parag has been receiving a lot of backlash on social media recently, after his YouTube search for 'Ananya Panday and Sara Ali Khan' went viral during a live stream. The batter has become the target of numerous jokes, with fans poking fun at him for his search history. During the second-round Duleep Trophy match for India A against India B, Parag once again found himself at the center of attention on social media. Fans flooded the platform with references to his infamous YouTube search, sparking a fresh wave of reactions and memes. It seems like the trolling isn't about to die down anytime soon for Parag, as netizens continue to have a field day at his expense.

Gill and Parag were part of the first-round Duleep Trophy fixtures before the former was released by the India A squad ahead of the 1st Test against Bangladesh starting September 19. Gill, along with the rest of the 15 members of the squad are to assemble in Chennai today for a preparatory camp. Parag, however, continues to play in the Duleep Trophy, where after playing an entertaining knock off 37 in 29 balls, featuring five fours and a six, he was sent packing by Arshdeep Singh.

As for Gill, he is set to resume his role at No. 3 for India. Gill enjoyed tremendous success batting at a spot made famous by Cheteshwar Pujara and the legendary Rahul Dravid, scoring 452 runs from nine innings with two centuries and fifties each against England earlier this year. And with Gill being promoted as Team India's vice-captain in both Tests and T20Is – no one has been named Rohit Sharma's deputy in Tests – Gill will be expected to do even better when India's home season starts next week.

Parag, meanwhile, is just starting off in Team India's scheme of things. He made his debut in the Zimbabwe T20Is, scoring 24 in two innings before heading to Sri Lanka. There, Parag scored 7 and 26 but the surprise package was his bowling. In the 2nd T20Is, Parag unleashed magic with his leg-spin, off-spin combined, picking up 3/7 to give India a famous win. The sight of Parag rolling his arms over is straight out of head coach Gautam Gambhir's handbook, who is find of having multi-utility players in the squad.

Surprisingly though, teammates Gill and Parag had disappointing outings in the first-round matches. While Parag managed 30 and 31, giving away good starts in both innings, Gill cut an unconvincing figure with scores of 25 and 21.