Dravid Loses Cool as Rajasthan Royals’ head coach Rahul Dravid voiced his frustration after a crushing loss to Punjab Kings, marking RR’s tenth defeat in IPL 2025. This setback has left RR languishing in ninth place on the points table, underscoring RR’s Dismal IPL Run. Dravid pointed out flaws in batting, bowling, and fielding, stressing that the team’s performance has fallen far short of expectations, deepening their Ninth-Place Struggle following the Punjab Kings Defeat.
RR started the season with a good intent that was giving them results, which included a century by young talent Vaibhav Suryanshi. Despite all this RR struggles to win matches consistently. This gets worse in death over overs and middle order playing.
Dravid said, “There’s no point just blaming the batsman,” after RR’s 8-wicket loss to Punjab Kings. To be honest, I didn’t think it was a 220 wicket with the ball either; I thought it was between 195 and 200 wickets, and we added 20 runs.” Reports says that’s, where Dravid loses cool.
“If we look at the numbers, we have probably not been good enough with the ball. Both at taking wickets and controlling runs. We are chasing 200-220 every game,” he included in the interview.
Dravid loses cool After the Rajasthan Royals’ tenth IPL 2025 defeat, coach Rahul Dravid emphasized recurring problems, citing careless fielding as a key issue that was hurting the team with extra runs given up. He pointed out that RR’s batting unit struggles, frequently blowing good starts because of a lower-order collapse, and that the lower-middle order fails to produce big shots that are needed, which exacerbates RR’s fielding errors problems.
It’s been difficult. Although we’ve come close, we haven’t been able to complete the task.
As Dravid acknowledged, “It’s been one of those seasons where you always feel with the ball that we probably give 15-20 runs extra and then you’ve got yourself in some really good positions to win the games, but we haven’t been able to finish the job and a little bit around that lower, lower-middle order we just haven’t been able to click and get the big shots that we need.”
Experts say RR’s death bowling is the reason for their consistent losses. In the last final overs they gave 70 runs in the match against Gujarat and Delhi.
Emphasizing the necessity of improved play in the game’s final moments. Dravid emphasized that although the plans were sound, they were not executed well, which resulted in negative outcomes.
Cricket legends like Sunil Gavaskar have criticized the team’s performance, saying he is perplexed by RR’s lack of strategic play, particularly under Dravid’s leadership.
“With someone like Rahul Dravid as the coach, it was quite baffling, it was unthinking cricket,” Gavaskar said. He raised concerns about the team’s approach and decision-making at pivotal points, pointing to a more serious weakness in their plan.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi, a young talent, has been a bright spot despite the team’s difficulties. With a century off 35 balls against the Gujarat Titans, the 14-year-old made headlines and demonstrated his enormous potential. The highs and lows of professional cricket were highlighted by his setbacks, though, which included a two-ball duck against the Mumbai Indians.
