The worst bowling side in IPL 2025! Rahul Dravid Lambast RR bowler after damage to PBKs

RR was one of the first teams to end with CSK along with IPL 2025.
Rajasthan Royals (RR) head coach Rahul Dravid did not copy the words after slipping in his favor for another defeat in IPL 2025-this time Punjab Kings (PBK) lost 10 runs. The coach of the former India, known for his measured tone, was blindly disappointed as he kept his team’s bowling unit for a spectacular performance.
Royals continued to struggle with chasing in IPL 2025, failing to chase the clan for the tenth time. Despite the strong start, they often collapse, including tomorrow’s match against Punjab Kings. RR’s Finisher, Dhruv Jurael, Shimron Hetmier and Shubam Dubey, fail to seal the consistent victory.
Rahul Dravid criticized RR bowling
The recent losses include failing to score 9 runs in the final against Delhi Capital and Lucknow Super Veterans and losing by 1 run to Kolkata Knight Riders. While someone can criticize the RR batsmen here, the bowlers are equally at a mistake as they have consistently leaked extra runs. Dravid has also placed a spirit, as well as criticizing his bowlers with him and not able to curb the run flow, let us take wickets regularly alone.
,There is no point in blaming the batsmen. To be honest, I did not think this was 220 wickets … It was about 195-200 and we gave 20 runs.“Dravid said after the match. He said,” he said, “If we look at the figures of the entire season, we have not been able to perform well in bowling, neither in taking wickets nor controlling the run. We are chasing nine out of 10 matches, and each time the target is 200–210–220. Nevertheless, our openers are giving us a good start, but we are not able to finish the run chase. So we have to work on these things in the next season, on bowling, even in fielding, where we are remembering the catch.,
Hard to argue with that. Rajasthan Royals have certainly fielded the worst bowling unit in IPL 2025. By May 19, they rank final in every major bowling metric:
Rajasthan Royals bowling in IPL 2025
Metric | Rank | price |
---|---|---|
Wicket | 10th | 60 |
average | 10th | 43.10 |
Strike rate | 10th | 25.50 |
economy | 10th | 10.14 |
In a season where power-touching and high scores are common, teams with raw or incredible bowling attacks are often left behind. RR now finds himself in that bracket. Jofra has now out of the tournament with Archer, his attack looks toothless. They rely too much on an unused Indian core: uncapunized Akash Madhwal, struggling Fazlak Farooqui, South Africa’s crook Qina Mafaka, and irregular Tushar Deshpande. Nobody has distributed continuously.
The Dravidian game was also clear about the team’s shortcomings in finishing the game. ,You may lose one or two close matches, but you can’t lose five close matches and hope to do good in this tournament.“He said, pointing to the inability to close the games in both Chase and Defense of Rajasthan.
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