Riyan parag statement: In IPL 2025, Rajasthan Royals suffered another defeat under the captaincy of Riyan Parag. This was the team's sixth lose in the season. The 36th match of the season was played between Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Super Giants at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Lucknow won by 2 runs in the match. It was an almost won match for Rajasthan, in which he had to face defeat. After this defeat, Rajasthan captain Ryan Parag said that it is not understood what we did wrong.
After the defeat against Lucknow, Rajasthan Royals captain Ryan Parag said, “It seems a bit difficult to express emotions. I don't know what we did. We were in the game till 18-19 overs. I should have finished in the 19th over, I blame myself.”
Ryan Parag further said, “We have to take a game completely.” Ryan further said, “The last over was unfortunate. I felt that we should stop them by 165-170. We gave 20 runs more, but should chase it.”
Talking about the pitch ahead, Ryan Parag said, “Sandeep trusts Bhai. He had only one match bad. Samad did a great batting. We should have chased. Today it was good. There was no complaint about the wicket. There was no complaint about the wicket. Some balls could have to face defeat in IPL itself.”
In the match, Lucknow batting first and scored 180/5 runs on the board in 20 overs. During this time, Aidan Markram, who landed on the opening for the team, scored 66 runs in 45 balls with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes. Then, on the field for the run chase, Rajasthan could score 178/5 runs on the board in 20 overs.