Riyan Parag (Image Credit: BCCI/IPL)

New Delhi: Exiting the match after being fined 25% of his match fee and given one demerit point for violating Level 1 of the IPL code of conduct for using a vape inside the dressing room. Riyan Parag Made sure to leave the controversy behind when he came out to bat against Delhi Capitals. Rajasthan Royals The captain looked in great form and scored a brilliant half-century. It looked like he deserved a century but missed it, scoring a brilliant 90 off 50 balls with eight fours and five sixes, taking his team to 225/6 in 20 overs.However, despite the strong score, Delhi Capitals snapped their three-match losing streak with an impressive seven-wicket win.After the match, Parag made it clear that external criticism does not matter to him, rather his primary responsibility is to bring results for the team.“I don’t think I need to respond to any critic or anyone who talks about it. But at the end of the day, my job is to get two points. So if we lose the game my score and my innings don’t really matter,” Parag said after the match.A blistering 110-run opening stand between KL Rahul (75 off 40) and Pathum Nissanka (62 off 33) laid the right foundation for the record 226-run target, which Tristan Stubbs (18*) and Ashutosh Sharma (25*) calmly finished off with five balls to spare.Parag said, “I think it was a good score. I thought 200 was a par score here. It was going to be a bit slow, but I think we could have bowled better in the middle overs, not letting them go a bit too far. And then too many boundaries in the same over and that was repeated again and again. So I thought we missed it, but there is no harm in the decision we took.”Parag was earlier fined 25% of his match fee and given one demerit point after he was caught vaping inside the dressing room during his team’s match against Punjab Kings.He admitted the offense and accepted the penalty imposed by match referee Amit Sharma.Parag was found to have violated Article 2.21 of the IPL code of conduct, which deals with “conduct that brings the game into disrepute”. The incident occurred during the second innings when he was seen using a vape inside the dressing room.