Ryan Parag credited these batsmen; ex-players harshly criticized.

Delhi: The Indian Premier League (IPL), Rajasthan Royals (RR) lost by 11 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Wednesday in 2025. After this defeat, the team is almost out of the playoff race. In this match, Rajasthan chased 206 runs and required only 18 runs in the last two overs, but the team lost. After the match, captain Ryan Parag blamed the middle order batsmen, on which former Indian players Amit Mishra and Virender Sehwag expressed displeasure.

After the defeat, Ryan Parag said that there was a lack of aggression against the spinners in the team’s batting. He said this especially about Nitish Rana, Dhruv Jurlel and Shimron Hetmyer. Parag said, “We did well in bowling. I felt that this pitch was 210-215 runs, but we stopped them. Our batting was going well but, we did not show the introduction against the spinners.”

Amit Mishra’s response to pollen’s statement

Reacting to the statement of Ryan Parag, Amit Mishra said that first he should focus on his own shot selection. On the cricbuzz, he said, “The match was in your hands. If you remove the 14 wide runs given, the match could have won. You played the wrong shot at the crucial time and got out. In such a situation it is not right to blame others. You were not the whole time in the match. The defeat was not too big. If you took the match a little longer, Rajasthan could win it comfortably.”

Actually, Ryan Parag himself was also dismissed by playing wrong shots on the important occasion. He played the slog sweep on the first ball of Krunal Pandya and was dismissed. At that time Rajasthan’s run rate was more than 12.

Sehwag also laughed pollen

Former opener Virender Sehwag also called Parag’s statement wrong. He said, “Nitish, Jurael and Hetmyer did not play so bad against spinners. Both spinners gave 31-31 runs in 4 overs and also took wickets. So the batsmen had to play a little careful. As long as Jurael and Hetmyer were at the crease, the match was from Rajasthan. Hetmire was out and after that Jurle was misfortune.”

Sehwag also said that if Dhruv Jurael had stayed till the end, Rajasthan could have won this match.

After this defeat, Rajasthan Royals’ playoff hopes are almost over. At the same time, the rhetoric of captain Ryan Parag has also angry the former cricketers.

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