Former India cricketer Wasim Jaffer has said that the Rajasthan Royals are looking like a shadow of their last season and letting go of four to five core players has left gaping holes in the lineup, after the team lost their second successive match in IPL 2025, with a big clash against Chennai Super Kings coming up.
Rajasthan, who won the title in the inaugural edition of the tournament, have suffered successive tame defeats to the Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Kolkata Knight Riders and are placed at the bottom of the table, with a net run rate of -1.88.
Rajasthan started IPL 2025 by conceding the second-highest total in IPL history against Hyderabad at the latter’s home.
“RR look a shadow of last season. Letting go of Buttler, Boult, Yuzi and Ash—core gun players—left big boots to fill,” Jaffer tweeted on Wednesday night.
Rajasthan are next scheduled to face the Chennai Super Kings in Guwahati on Sunday, March 30.
