Follow UsRajasthan Royals' (RR) chances of making it to the playoffs look pretty bleak, especially after their 11-run loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on April 24 (Thursday) - a match in which they were in the driver's seat for most of the chase.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar lashed out at RR's approach, despite having a sharp head coach like Rahul Dravid.
“With Rajasthan Royals, I’m actually talking about the earlier matches where I wasn’t at the ground—I just saw them. So, you're not always able to get the feeling of what’s really happening. But here, I was at the ground, and you could actually see the kind of cricket that was being played. And with someone like Rahul Dravid as the coach, it was quite baffling—it was unthinking cricket," Gavaskar said on Star Sports.
"Dravid was always so precise in his thinking, and I would’ve thought that kind of approach would’ve seeped into some of the Rajasthan batters. Where is the thought process? You can’t expect inexperienced players to always get it right, but still... it’s just a different kind of cricket."
Dravid took over as RR head coach after his stint as India head coach, where he helped them win the T20 World Cup 2024.
RR have been in pole position in their last three matches but have been unable to kill the game off. As a result, they have succumbed to five straight losses and currently lie in eighth position on the points table.
The 2008 IPL winners will hope to turn things around when they take on Gujarat Titans (GT) on April 28 (Monday).