NEW DELHI: A fine of 25 per cent of his match fee and one demerit point for breaching Level 1 of the IPL Code of Conduct while coming into a match – for using vape inside the dressing room – Ryan Prague Made sure he put the controversy behind him when he stepped out to bat against Delhi Capitals.gave Rajasthan Royals The captain watched unhappily as he scored a brilliant half-century. He looked well set for a century but fell just short of it, scoring a brilliant 90 off 50 balls, including eight fours and five sixes, to take his team to 225/6 in 20 overs.However, despite a strong total, Delhi Capitals snapped their three-match losing streak with a seven-wicket win.Prague made it clear after the match that outside criticism does not bother him, but his main responsibility is to deliver results for the team.“I don’t think I need to answer any critics or anyone talking about it. But at the end of the day, my job is to get two points. So my score and my innings don’t matter if we lose the game,” Parag said after the match.An opening stand of 110 runs between KL Rahul (75 off 40) and Patham Nissanka (62 off 33) laid the foundation for a record 226-run chase, which was comfortably completed by Tristan Stubbs (18*) and Ashutosh Sharma (25*) off five balls.“I thought it was a good score. I thought it was a 200-par score here. It was going to be a bit slow, but I think we could have bowled better in the middle overs, not let them go a bit too far. And then a lot of boundaries in one over and repeats. So I thought we lost the trick with that one, but the decision we made didn’t hurt.”Parag was earlier fined 25% of his match fee and a demerit point after he was caught vaping inside the dressing room during his team’s match against Punjab Kings.He pleaded guilty and accepted the punishment imposed by match referee Amit Sharma.Parag violated Article 2.21 of the IPL Code of Conduct, which deals with “conduct that brings the game into disrepute.” The incident happened during the second innings when he was seen using the vape inside the dressing room.
