‘A lot of small errors’ at play as Royals get eliminated following massive 100-run loss to Mumbai Indians at Jaipur.
Parag bemoans ‘a lot of small errors’ after RR get hit by knockout punch.
Following a crushing loss to the Mumbai Indians (MI) that eliminated them from the IPL 2025 playoffs, skipper Riyan Parag said that the Rajasthan Royals (RR) made “a lot of small errors.”
RR needed to win to survive going into the game, but they were outmatched in every way. For the rest of the season, Parag is hoping for a better performance.
“I think we’ve done a lot of things right, we’ve done a lot of things wrong,” Parag said after the game. “We want to focus on the things we’ve done right. A lot of mistakes, a lot of small errors, I think we’ve got to focus on how to not make them again, focus on the good as well.
“We’ve had a few close matches, so hopefully the next three games when we get opportunities like we have in the first 10-11 [11] games of this season, hopefully we can do it better.”
Yashasvi Jaiswal and 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi had opening partnerships of 166, 52, and 85 in the previous four games, so even though RR lost 217 for 2 after bowling first, they still had a chance.
Deepak Chahar got Suryavanshi for a two-ball duck, so that was not to be. At the end of the powerplay, Trent Boult and Jasprit Bumrah went on the rampage to cut RR to 62 for 5. Despite the fact that he and the middle order failed to produce, Parag remained optimistic about the future.
“We’ve been getting good starts, but it’s up to the middle order – myself, Dhruv [Jurel] – for us to step up in the middle overs when we lose wickets in the powerplay, [we] couldn’t just do it. But we still back ourselves if another situation comes next game, I think we should be up for it.”