Rajasthan Royals slumped to their fifth straight loss as they had been overwhelmed by Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Thursday. RR discovered themselves in an excellent place with stable knocks from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Dhruv Jurel however with 18 runs wanted to win from 12 balls, the workforce utterly misplaced the plot. RR ended up scoring only one run from the penultimate over bowled by Josh Hazlewood and had been overwhelmed by 11 runs. This was one more slender loss for RR after comparable outcomes in opposition to Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Tremendous Giants. Legendary India batter Sunil Gavaskar was not proud of the workforce’s efficiency and he namedropped head coach Rahul Dravid in his brutal verdict.
“With Rajasthan Royals, I am truly speaking concerning the earlier matches the place I wasn’t on the floor—I simply noticed them. So, you are not all the time capable of get the sensation of what is actually taking place. However right here, I used to be on the floor, and you may truly see the form of cricket that was being performed. And with somebody like Rahul Dravid because the coach, it was fairly baffling—it was unthinking cricket. Dravid was all the time so exact in his considering, and I might’ve thought that form of method would’ve seeped into a number of the Rajasthan batters,” Gavaskar stated on Star Sports activities.
“The place is the thought course of there? You’ll be able to’t count on inexperienced gamers to all the time get it proper, however nonetheless… It is only a completely different form of cricket,” he added.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) seamer Josh Hazlewood delivered a match-defining spell to assist his workforce edge previous Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 11 runs of their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 conflict on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Hazlewood was named ‘Participant of the Match’ for his sensible figures of 4/33, as he used his accuracy and variations to interrupt the again of the Royals’ chase.
“To begin with, it was about sticking to your strengths,” Hazlewood stated after the match.
“I knew the exhausting size was powerful to hit on this wicket, mixing it up with the odd yorker, the slower balls, and the order during which to bowl them was the way in which to go,” he added.
Hazlewood additionally praised the RCB bowling unit, highlighting how well-rounded the assault is.
“I like our bowling assault. I really feel now we have lined each base. Everybody has their days, and we’re doing properly,” he stated.
The Australian seamer additionally spoke concerning the floor in Bengaluru, noting its distinctive problem for batters.
“The bounce is kind of steep right here all through the entire match. Getting that rating was phenomenal. I really feel that was properly above par and the fellows did a extremely nice job,” he famous.
(With ANI inputs)
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