After the defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on Wednesday, March 26, Rajasthan Royals (RR) interim captain Riyan Parag stated that the team will focus on addressing their errors and aims to avoid repeating them in their upcoming match against the five-time champions, Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
Quinton de Kock’s outstanding batting display propelled the KKR to an impressive eight-wicket victory against the RR in the sixth match of the 2025 IPL held at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati.
Speaking after the match, Parag hailed KKR wicketkeeper-batter De Kock’s performance. De Kock won the Player of the Match award after playing unbeaten innings of 97 runs from 61 balls, which was laced by eight boundaries and six maximums in his innings.
“170 was going to be a really good score, that’s what we were aiming for. I personally rushed a little bit knowing the wicket here. We fell short by 20 runs. That was the plan, to get Quinny out early, but that didn’t happen. So, we shifted to containing in the middle overs. He played really well, so kudos to him. Last year, the team wanted me to bat No. 4; I was happy to do that. This year, they want me to bat No. 3, so I need to be professional to bat wherever the team wants me to, so I am okay with that,” Riyan Parag said in the post-match presentation.
“We have a younger team this year compared to the one last year. It’s just about coming together for a whole match. We are doing very good in small phases. It’s time that we put together a good match and then the results are going to be in our favour. We take the learnings, we take our mistakes, we make sure we don’t repeat them again and come back for Chennai with a fresher mindset,” Parag further added.
