Rajasthan Royals (RR) head coach Rahul Dravid has said that his team’s bowlers are to be equally blamed just as their batters following their 10-run loss to Punjab Kings (PBKS) in an IPL 2025 match on Sunday.

Rajasthan Royals, who have already been eliminated, have now lost 10 matches in IPL 2025 and are languishing in ninth place with six points from 13 matches. Eight of their last nine defeats have come while chasing totals. Rajasthan Royals were also in winnable positions in few of these chases, but ended up surrendering to the opposition in the end.

As far as their bowling is concerned, England pacer Jofra Archer has endured an inconsistent run in IPL 2025 and so also has Sandeep Sharma. Both of them have often been at the receiving end by conceding too many runs. Tushar Deshpande has also been underwhelming.

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One instance of Rajasthan Royals failing to chase down a total was against Lucknow Super Giants, when they were asked to chase down 181. Rajasthan Royals needed 25 runs to win from 18 balls with eight wickets in hand. However, they failed to chase down the total as they were restricted to 178/5.

Rahul Dravid also hinted that there could be changes at Rajasthan Royals ahead of IPL 2026. “Still our batters, especially the openers, have been giving us good starts, but we have been unable to finish the job,” he said.

“We will have to work on it for the next year. A little bit in the fielding as well. Sometimes you look at a tournament and see only three wins, but if you look at the five close defeats. Not an excuse, but you can’t lose all five close matches. We have got good batting. In a year they will improve even more. Perhaps in the bowling, we will have to do something to improve,” the former India captain.

The Sanju Samson-led side will look to finish IPL 2025 on a high when they take on Chennai Super Kings in Delhi on Tuesday (May 20).