Chief coach Rajasthan Royals Rahul Dravid hit Dhruv Jurel critics after the team dropped to the sixth loss while chasing the Indian Premier League 2025.
Sunday was another missed opportunity as Sanju Samson’s party did not reach while chasing 220 runsDespite the flying start. The loss again recorded the reflector on Rajasthan’s wrong middle order, which throughout the season tried to close games from winning positions.
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In particular, Dhruv Jurel got under fire for his performance, but David firmly prevented the retention of CRS RS 14 and said that the young goalie battery had done an excellent work under pressure throughout the season.
“In every individual match in which he came out, he was chasing 13-14 runs for over-this is not easy,” Dravid said at a press conference after the match. “He played really well, even though we lost a lot of goals in medium breaks. He brought us close to the finish. It’s not like he’s going to need 7 and failed. It is always 12-13, sometimes even more.
David also expressed hope for the future of Rajasthan’s young Indian core, which brought criticism this season. He noted that many players were ready to gain valuable international experiences in the coming year and expected to return in IPL 2026.
“We have seen talent – again again, BACKING by Jaiswal, Vaibhav, Jurel, even Sanja and Riyana. We have a strong group of young Indian batsmen. They will be better in a year,” Dravid said.
At this point, he expanded and added:
“VAIBHAV (Suryavanki) will play a lot of cricket, such as India U19. Riian Parag as well. These boys will play a hard cricket during the year.
Dravid rues lack of completion of touch
On Sunday, Rajasthan did not reach the Pandjab kings, despite the burning beginning. Opening Vibhav Suryavanshi and Yashsvi Jaiswal powered the team to a 50-run stand in just three breaks, but Royals could not earn and were limited to 209 in their persecution 220.
“We got close, but we weren’t able to finish the work,” David admitted. “It was one of those seasons when you feel we’re giving 15-20 runners with the ball as Pat, after we got into good positions, we were unable to end with the big shots we needed from the lower middle order.”
Pandjáb was 159 for five in 16th place, but in the last four breaks he threw 60 runs to reach 219/5 at the Sawai Mansingh stadium – The Dravid period believed he turned the game.
“Now it was five games – 10 runs, tie, 1 run, 2 runs, 10 runs again. These are one or two hits in this final phase that we simply could not.”
He also pointed out that the managers should share responsibility for defeats.
“There is no point in blaming Batsmens. It was not 220 playgrounds with the ball either. It was more of the 195-200 surface and we gave 20 extra,” Dravid said. “When we look at statistics, we did not take enough goals or controlled runs despite good beginnings. That’s something we have to work on for next season.”
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Debodinna Chakracorty
Published on:
May 19, 2025
