Shane Bond, the team’s bowling coach, took stock of their efforts thus far and lamented that they had lost games after controlling the majority of them. The Kiwi admitted that the squad was harmed and believed they were probably out of the running for the playoffs. Nevertheless, he urged the players to make the most of the remaining games and give it their all.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) first-season winners have failed to duplicate their 2008 success, and it appears that they may have to wait at least another year before they can once again bring honour to the team. The Rajasthan Royals (RR) have lost multiple games from winning situations in the 2025 Indian Premier League, making it a case of squandered opportunities. With just two victories in nine games, the team is currently in ninth place on the points table and faces the very real possibility of missing the playoffs.
“The most difficult thing is that we have performed incredibly well throughout the course of the 35 games, even taking control in a few of them and likely putting ourselves in situations to win. According to Cricbuzz, Bond stated, “You have to give credit to the opposition; they were good enough in those tight moments to go over top of us and win those games.”
That’s what hurts us, I guess. There’s nothing we can do about it at this point, but we’re at two victories and seven defeats. Go, god, where could we sit on the table? There is still a lot to play for even if we are most likely eliminated from the competition based on the points table. We obviously want to end the season strong and keep playing well as a team, but there are also many reasons for players to want to stay with the team for the upcoming season,” Shane Bond continued.
Shane Bond blames hitters for not finishing games and defends bowlers.
Shane Bond cited batters’ inability to complete matches off when questioned about the causes of RR’s problems. The Kiwi felt that, despite the fact that the bowlers have occasionally been costly, this has also happened to other teams and that the difference is in the batting performances at the end and after the Powerplay overs.
There’s no doubting that we’ve had some big overs, and while some of our bowlers have had difficult days, this has likely been the case for many bowlers and teams throughout the tournament. Perhaps we should have chased down, but as a bowling unit, we’ve done a very decent job overall, especially over the last three games, and kept the opposition to scores,” Shane Bond said.
On Monday, April 28 in Jaipur, RR will take on the Gujarat Titans (GT).
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