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Time of India
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
IPL 2025: Riyan Parag reflects on what went wrong for Rajasthan Royals this season
Riyan Parag Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Riyan Parag reflected on his team's disappointing IPL 2025 campaign ahead of their final match against Chennai Super Kings at the Arun Jaitley Stadium . Currently placed ninth with six points from 13 games, RR needs a win against CSK to avoid finishing last in the points table. Rajasthan Royals, who opted for a predominantly Indian batting lineup with limited bowling resources this season, failed to gain momentum and were eliminated early from playoff contention. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! "It has been a ride. There were almost four to five games, close games, if those had gone in our favour we would have been in a different situation. But that's how T20 cricket is. That's how IPL is. We have made errors and we are paying the price," Parag said during the pre-game interaction. Parag acknowledged his inability to convert starts into substantial scores this season, unlike his performance in IPL 2024 that earned him a spot in the Indian white-ball team. "I have gotten a lot of starts. I have failed to convert most of them. I feel if I did convert at least fifty percent of the starts I got, I could have put our team in a different position. I try to be hard on myself and see what can be done differently," Parag stated. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch Bitcoin và Ethereum - Không cần ví! IC Markets BẮT ĐẦU NGAY Undo Quiz: Who's that IPL player? The all-rounder emphasized the team's desire to end their campaign positively against CSK. "Focusing on today's game and see how it goes. The reschedule helped us a little as batters. We need to be more clinical. We got to respect the conditions and the bowlers. We have tried to put up a show. Chennai has done the same. We Collectively, we need to put up a show tonight for the fans and put up a good match," he added. CSK's Dewald Brevis expressed optimism about the upcoming match and his team's performance throughout the tournament. "It (jet-lag) is not too bad, I have had enough rest and I am ready to go. I have really enjoyed to be a part of this team, I think we have played great cricket throughout the competition and I think we are moulding into the right direction," Brevis said. Rahul Dravid reflects on RR's narrow losses: 'One or two hits away in every game' The South African batter shared his excitement about the match conditions and his approach to the game. "Was fun to play some of those knocks. Need to relax, be yourself and back your ability, everyone out here have got unique skills. We need to go out there and enjoy ourselves. I am super excited (for today's match), the wicket feels good. It's going to be lots of fun. We'll give our best out there and hopefully it's a 'W'," Brevis concluded. Get IPL 2025 match schedules , squads , points table , and live scores for CSK , MI , RCB , KKR , SRH , LSG , DC , GT , PBKS , and RR . Check the latest IPL Orange Cap and Purple Cap standings.
Express Tribune
05-05-2025
- Sport
- Express Tribune
Parag's six sixes in a row, Pant flops in IPL
Rishabh Pant (R) has scored just 128 runs at an average of 12.8 in the IPL this season. Photo: AFP Holders Kolkata Knight Riders survived a batting blitz including six straight sixes from Rajasthan Royals skipper Riyan Parag to win a high-scoring IPL thriller by one run on Sunday. In the day's second match, Rishabh Pant again struggled to a low score as his Lucknow Super Giants team slumped to a fourth defeat in five IPL games, losing by 37 runs to the Punjab Kings. Parag went on the attack as Rajasthan, chasing 207 for victory, slipped to 71-5. He struck 95 off 45 balls and hit six sixes in six successive legal balls -- a first in IPL -- across two overs. The 23-year-old's blitz, which included a wide in between the fourth and fifth six, began with him smacking England spinner Moeen Ali for five sixes in an over. Then, after his partner Shimron Hetmyer took a single, he hit one over the fence off Varun Chakravarthy. Parag joined an elite list of batters to have hit five sixes in an over in the IPL after Chris Gayle (2012), Rahul Tewatia (2020), Ravindra Jadeja (2021) and Rinku Singh (2023). Parag, who is leading the team in the absence of regular skipper Sanju Samson, added 92 with Hetmyer, but after their departures Rajasthan finished on 205-8 after a tense last over. Needing 22 to win in the final over, impact substitute Shubham Dubey, a left-hand batter, hit two sixes and a four off Vaibhav Arora who defended three on the final ball with a run out of Jofra Archer as KKR celebrated. "I was just too sad about myself getting out," said Parag. "Probably a miscalculation from my side. I should have finished it." Kolkata remain in the hunt for the play-offs with their fifth victory in 11 matches. Rajasthan are already out of the final-four race. The top four teams from the league phase will move into the play-offs. Andre Russell set up victory for three-time champions Kolkata as he struck form with his unbeaten 57 off 25 balls to steer Kolkata to 206-4
Observer
05-05-2025
- Sport
- Observer
Parag's six sixes in a row not enough for Rajasthan
DHARAMSALA, India: Holders Kolkata Knight Riders survived a batting blitz including six straight sixes from Rajasthan Royals skipper Riyan Parag to win a high-scoring IPL thriller by one run on Sunday. In the day's second match, Rishabh Pant again struggled to a low score as his Lucknow Super Giants team slumped to a fourth defeat in five IPL games, losing by 37 runs to the Punjab Kings. Parag went on the attack as Rajasthan, chasing 207 for victory, slipped to 71-5. He struck 95 off 45 balls and hit six sixes in six successive legal balls — a first in IPL — across two overs. The 23-year-old's blitz, which included a wide in between the fourth and fifth six, began with him smacking England spinner Moeen Ali for five sixes in an over. Then, after his partner Shimron Hetmyer took a single, he hit one over the fence off Varun Chakravarthy. Parag joined an elite list of batters to have hit five sixes in an over in the IPL after Chris Gayle (2012), Rahul Tewatia (2020), Ravindra Jadeja (2021) and Rinku Singh (2023). Parag, who is leading the team in the absence of regular skipper Sanju Samson, added 92 with Hetmyer, but after their departures Rajasthan finished on 205-8 after a tense last over. Needing 22 to win in the final over, impact substitute Shubham Dubey, a left-hand batter, hit two sixes and a four off Vaibhav Arora who defended three on the final ball with a run out of Jofra Archer as KKR celebrated. "I was just too sad about myself getting out," said Parag. "Probably a miscalculation from my side. I should have finished it." Kolkata remain in the hunt for the play-offs with their fifth victory in 11 matches. Rajasthan are already out of the final-four race. The top four teams from the league phase will move into the play-offs. Andre Russell set up victory for three-time champions Kolkata as he struck form with his unbeaten 57 off 25 balls to steer Kolkata to 206-4. LUCKNOW 'DREAMS STILL ALIVE' In the late match, opener Prabhsimran Singh struck 91 off 48 balls to steer Punjab to 236-5, helped by several impressive cameos at the Kings' second home in Dharamsala. Arshdeep Singh then returned brilliant figures of 3-16 as Lucknow could only make 199-7 in reply. Pant fell for a 17-ball 18 in another failure for the India star. Pant, who was snapped up by LSG for a record price of $3.21 million in the November auction, could not find any fluency despite hitting two fours and one six. The wicketkeeper-batsman has mustered only 128 runs from 10 innings this season. Lucknow sit seventh in the table, four points outside the fourth and final play-off spot with three games remaining. "The dream is still alive," Pant said of his team's chances of moving ahead in the T20 tournament. "If we can win the next three matches, we can definitely turn around and do amazing things." Punjab climbed to second behind leaders Royal Challengers Bengaluru after a seventh win of the campaign. Lucknow were never in their chase after left-arm seamer Arshdeep struck twice in the space of four balls in his second over to send back Mitchell Marsh, for a duck, and then Aiden Markram, for 13. He dismissed the dangerous Nicholas Pooran for six before Pant attempted to rebuild in a scratchy innings that was ended by Afghanistan all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai. Omarzai soon sent back David Miller for 11 to put Lucknow in further trouble at 73-5. Ayush Badoni, who top-scored with 74, and Abdul Samad, who hit 45, put on a valiant stand of 81 but could only reduce the margin of defeat. — AFP
NDTV
05-05-2025
- Sport
- NDTV
Sourav Ganguly Meets Vaibhav Suryavanshi After RR's 1-Run Loss, Gives Big Advice: "No Need..."
Former Indian cricket team skipper Sourav Ganguly met Rajasthan Royals' 14-year-old sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi after the IPL 2025 match against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday. It was a poor show from Vaibhav who was dismissed for just four runs as his side slumped to an one-run loss. According to a report by Sangbad Pratidin, Ganguly met Sanju Samson and RR head coach Rahul Dravid before catching up with Vaibhav. Ganguly took a look at Vaibhav's bat and also gave a pep talk to the youngster. "I have seen your game. Keep playing the way you play fearless cricket. There is no need to change the game," he said according to the report. Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag feels that he miscalculated the target and failed to finish the match as Kolkata Knight Riders clinched a one-run win in a thrilling encounter at Eden Gardens on Sunday. Parag played a scintillating knock of 95 runs in 45 balls laced with eight sixes and six fours but failed to finish the game for his side as they fell one run short while chasing 22 in the last over. Chasing 207, Rajasthan were on target with 52 required off 30 balls with Parag and Shubham Dubey at the crease. But Parag's dismissal in the 18th over shifted the tide in KKR's favour. However, Dubey tried to snatch victory from KKR's jaws but fell one run short of the target despite scoring two sixes and a four. "I was just too sad about myself getting out. Probably a miscalculation from my side, I should have finished it. I think we could have found better options in the last six overs. I think they were 120 or 130 and our spinners did really well and maybe we could have cut down their runs, but the game was in our hands. We should have finished this," Parag said in the post-match presentation. Reflecting on their bowling performance in the match, Parag admitted he could have used his resources better against Andre Russell who scored 25-ball 57 in the fag end of the innings, "I didn't want to bowl bowlers back-to-back, but now it feels like maybe we could have done something else. We've got to give (Russell) credit because he came in, took his time. The way he accelerated was amazing to watch. It's a ground where sixes are hit, so I knew I had my boundaries if I stayed. Wicket was gripping a little and I had to pick my battles, but I felt I could have finished it. You've got to be clinical, you've got to be perfect, and we weren't so the consequences are here," he said. Listen to the latest songs, only on
India.com
05-05-2025
- Sport
- India.com
Riyan Parag's old tweet getting viral after he smashed 6 sixes at Eden Gardens against KKR, Here's what he predicted......
Riyan Parag's old tweet getting viral after he smashed 6 sixes at Eden Gardens against KKR, Here's what he predicted...... New Delhi: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) kept their IPL 2025 playoff hopes alive with a sensational one-run victory over Rajasthan Royals (RR) in a high-octane contest at Eden Gardens on Sunday. The match had everything—power-packed batting, record-breaking moments, and a tense final-over finish. Opting to bat first, KKR posted an imposing total of 206/4 in their 20 overs. The star of their innings was Andre Russell, who returned to form in spectacular style. After a slow start, Russell exploded with an unbeaten 57 off 25 balls, including a barrage of boundaries in the final overs. His resurgence came at a critical moment, with KKR needing a win to stay in the playoff hunt. Riyan Parag's Blistering 95 Keeps RR in the Hunt In response, Rajasthan Royals mounted a fierce chase, led by their captain Riyan Parag, who played the innings of his life. The 22-year-old hammered 95 off just 45 balls, nearly pulling off an improbable win for his side. His powerful hitting and smart shot selection brought RR within touching distance of the target, injecting life into a chase that initially seemed out of reach. A Dream Fulfilled: Parag Hits Six Sixes in a Row Parag's knock featured a historic moment: six consecutive sixes—five in a single over off KKR all-rounder Moeen Ali, followed by one more off Varun Chakaravarthy. Moeen's over cost KKR 32 runs, swinging momentum firmly in RR's favor. Parag's ability to read the bowlers and clear the ropes with ease left fans and pundits alike in awe. Manifestation Becomes Reality for Parag Adding to the drama was a personal subplot—Parag's old tweet from 2023, where he had manifested hitting four sixes in an over, resurfaced after the match. That dream was not only fulfilled but exceeded, as Parag smashed six in a row in front of a packed Eden Gardens. The moment quickly went viral, becoming one of the most talked-about highlights of the season. Heartbreak for Royals Despite Parag's Heroics Despite the breathtaking performance, Rajasthan Royals fell short by just one run. Parag's dismissal in the 18th over shifted the balance back to KKR. RR struggled to find boundaries in the final overs and couldn't finish the job, officially knocking themselves out of playoff contention. It was a harsh reminder of how close games can slip away in T20 cricket. Parag Reflects on Missed Opportunities Speaking after the match, a visibly dejected Parag admitted that his early departure had cost the team. 'I was planning to stay till the last 2 overs, but I got out in the 18th. It was a miscalculation,' he said. He also reflected on RR's bowling strategy, suggesting that better decisions could have made the difference in such a tightly fought game. My inner conscience says i'm hitting 4 sixes in an over at some point this IPL.. — Riyan Paragg (@ParagRiyan) March 14, 2023 Andre Russell's Comeback Powers KKR While Parag dominated headlines, Andre Russell's explosive finish was crucial to KKR's win. From 2 runs off 10 balls to an eventual 57 off 25 *, Russell's late assault changed the course of the match. Even Parag acknowledged his brilliance, saying, 'The way he accelerated after that, it was great to watch.' Russell's return to form couldn't have come at a better time for KKR as they march forward in the tournament.
