Rahul Dravid Points Out Major Issue For Rajasthan Royals In IPL 2025: "We Suffered A Bit..."

Rajasthan Royals head coach Rahul Dravid on Friday admitted that death bowling has been a cause for concern for the franchise in the ongoing IPL but backed his bowlers to execute their plans better in the upcoming games. RR leaked more than 70 runs in the last five overs of their last two matches against Gujarat Titans and Delhi Capitals. "We suffered a little bit with our death bowling. We conceded 77 in the last five, in the last game. The game earlier, we conceded 72.

"I think that is another area for us that we need to get slightly better with, working with slightly more in execution I think our plans have been pretty good. It is just more around the execution of some of those skills," Dravid said on the eve of their match against Lucknow Super Giants.

The Royals will be desperate to halt a three-match losing streak against the Super Giants on Saturday and a better performance by their bowlers in the back end of the innings could go a long way in achieving that goal.

"Even if, say for example, a 57-60 sort of thing is acceptable in the last five overs, it has become almost a norm now. We seem to go for 72-77 (runs).

"It has been those two-three extra boundaries which I think we need to work on and we need to get better at. But it is more an execution issue. I think the quality is there." The decision to use Sandeep Sharma ahead of Jofra Archer for the Super Over in the game against DC surprised many, and so was their move to send Riyan Parag and Shimron Hetmyer, but Dravid took ownership of the calls made by the team this season.

"The decisions are being made by me and with Sanju Samson being an integral part of that and consultation with our other coaches and our analyst team," Dravid said.

"No one claims that every