New Delhi: The Royals of Rajasthan are struggling in the current edition of the Indian Premier League when they lost five games on the trot. The last defeat came against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru Thursday, where they bottled another race. The ordinary captain missing Sanju Samson due to an injury, the Royals are now struggling with only four points of nine games and will be very difficult to make the playoffs.
The former captain of India Sunil Gavaskar is not satisfied with the cricket played by RR in the tournament so far, and he has found the approach of “fairly confusing” strikers.
“With Rajasthan Royals, I am actually talking about previous matches where I was not on the ground – I just saw them. So, you are not always able to have the feeling of what is really going on. But here I was on the ground, and you could really see the kind of cricket that was played. would have thought that this kind of approach would have infiltrated in some Rajasthan strikers, “said Gavaskar in a conversation with the broadcaster after the match.
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“Where is the process of reflection there? You can’t expect the inexperienced players to always succeed, but still … It’s just another type of cricket,” he added.
RR has lost its last three games in the final, and they were able to win them all. The injuries to Samson did not help their cause, but other strikers like Riyan Parag, Nitish Rana, Shimron Hetmyer did not have a constant impact with the bat. The Bowling department also seems to be very dependent on Jofra Archer and it clearly lacks that the twins of Spin R Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal.
RR still has five games and they would try to iron the faults and get victories to their credit.