After bottling a third successive chase in the IPL 2025 season, the Rajasthan Royals are staring at the exit door sooner than expected this time. Taking the field without skipper Sanju Samson, Rajasthan succumbed to an 11-run defeat to the Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, extending their losing streak to five matches, their longest in 15 years.
It was also the Royals’ seventh defeat in nine matches, leaving them on the eighth spot in the standings. However, India batting legend Sunil Gavaskar could not hold back on Rajasthan’s lack of application under head coach Rahul Dravid.