Rajasthan Royals' (RR) stand-in captain Riyan Parag said that their team will not be chasing 280 runs in every game of the tournament, and there will be some low-scoring games too. Rajasthan will take on Kolkata Knight Riders on March 27.
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00:00Very good. First of all, I have a lot to say about the team.
00:05Timothy came to the ICT team when he was 14 years old.
00:08After that, his journey to the studio has been very long.
00:12I have a lot of trust in Timothy.
00:15I have a lot of trust in Sanju, Rahul sir and the management.
00:18They have shown me that I can be a captain.
00:20If I don't do well in IPL, I can't be a captain.
00:24I am very grateful to them.
00:30We spoke about what we need to execute better or what we can do differently this game.
00:39And what we could do differently last game as well.
00:41We had a meeting today.
00:43So, depending on the wicket and depending on what combination we want to play,
00:46we just have to execute it better.
00:48I think the plans were good.
00:50The deployment was good.
00:52It's just about us executing a higher percentage of balls instead of the other way around.
00:56So, how do you look forward to tomorrow's game?
01:00Really looking forward.
01:02First home game.
01:04We are familiar with the conditions.
01:06We practiced here.
01:08We had a few camps here.
01:10So, really looking forward to what we can do and put off a show day after tonight.
01:13How proud are you to play in RRT?
01:25Like I just said, I think it's been a journey.
01:28I was here when I was 17 years old.
01:30And most importantly, me being captain, that's secondary.
01:33But the trust that the manager showed in me, I think that's one of the biggest points or biggest upvotes that I take personally as a player.
01:41That they are trusting me enough to lead the team and trusting me enough to let me make my own decisions.
01:46So, I think it's a very big thing for me.
01:48How do you feel about the bowling squad?
01:51There's no 10, no 8, no 7.
01:53How do you feel about the bowling squad?
01:57Auction is a thing where you can retain everyone.
02:02So, if I think about last year, how exciting talent we have.
02:10It's a relatively younger team.
02:12So, I don't understand why there's no excitement.
02:14If it was last year, it wouldn't have been possible.
02:17I know that all the main players in the team have franchised.
02:21So, I don't think I can answer that question.
02:25Because I don't want to think about it.
02:28So, I don't think I can answer the question of how exciting talent we have this year.
02:33I don't think I can answer that question.
02:35How do you feel about the pitch?
02:41I don't know about the pitch.
02:44I think pitch is something that side wicketers practice.
02:48So, if nature allows, side wicketers can practice.
02:51Because it's almost the same type of soil.
02:55So, if you go inside, you can see how the dew is.
02:58If there's grass or not.
03:00If it's crumbly or not.
03:02So, if you go inside, you can give a fair assessment.
03:03You scored a lot of goals in the last match.
03:07You scored more than 5,000 in the first half.
03:10I'm sorry?
03:12You scored more than 5,000 in the last match.
03:17You scored more than 5,000 in the first half.
03:19But you scored more than 7,000 in the first half.
03:23What do you think about that?
03:25I don't think it's true.
03:27This is a team or a venue that scores a lot of goals.
03:29I was a little confused about the first match.
03:33What to do? What to do?
03:35Will the run-up be less?
03:37But cricket is a game.
03:39There are days when you don't know what to do.
03:41Whatever the team was planning, I was confused.
03:44But I batted and scored a lot of goals.
03:47I think it's a very positive thing.
03:49You scored more than 7,000 in the first half.
03:51You scored more than 7,000 in the first half.
03:54You scored more than 7,000 in the first half.
03:56You scored more than 7,000 in the first half.
03:57Do you think it's a positive thing?
03:59Of course, crowd support is definitely a positive thing.
04:02But mostly the conditions that I am familiar with,
04:05the conditions that I am used to,
04:07it helps a lot.
04:09Because when you go to the field,
04:11the people around you,
04:13they all become nervous.
04:15You don't have to pay attention to them
04:17because the game has already started.
04:19I think the conditions will help a lot
04:21rather than the crowds.
04:22Final question.
04:24Just sometime ago,
04:26Kolkata Knight Riders
04:29predicted this game as his home game.
04:32Kolkata Knight Riders' home game.
04:34Because of the distance between Kolkata
04:36and Uttar Pradesh.
04:38Both teams are limited in the distance.
04:41Exactly.
04:44I am not sure how many Bengalis are there
04:46in the Kolkata team.
04:48But I am an Assamese,
04:50so I think it's going to be
04:52just for us rather than them.
04:54But that doesn't really matter.
04:56I think whoever plays good cricket tomorrow,
04:58they are going to come up with a win.
05:12Not at all.
05:14I think everyone is a professional here.
05:17Everyone knows what to do
05:19if there is a new leader.
05:21Rahul Dravid has been really helpful.
05:23So I have not really faced any trouble
05:25to assemble the team
05:27or get someone in the same line of communication.
05:47I feel the middle order
05:48is always the backbone
05:50of any batting order.
05:52For them to step up like they did,
05:54for them to bat like they did,
05:56regardless of the end result,
05:58I think that's a big plus.
06:00Because we are not going to get
06:02280 games every game of the season.
06:04There are going to be 180, 140, 150 games
06:06and that's where we will need them the most.
06:08I am sure that's going to do them
06:10a big boost in confidence
06:12of how they played last game.
06:14And hopefully they can continue that.
06:18How do you feel about the team?
06:20Who do you think will win?
06:22Who do you think will win?
06:25It's been really good.
06:27GTI is a great team.
06:29Everyone welcomes them.
06:31But we don't have much time
06:33to think about the future.
06:35We have to focus on what we like
06:37and what we don't like.
06:39We don't have much time to think about the future.
06:41We don't know what we are going to do
06:43in the next game.
06:45We have to focus on the field,
06:46what we like and what we don't like.
06:48Please, please.
06:50One at a time, yes.
06:52What was your reaction
06:54when you heard the news
06:56that GTI was going to lose?
06:58I was really worried about you guys.
07:00I was really worried.
07:02The day the news came out
07:04I was really worried
07:06and I knew that
07:08a situation like this could happen.
07:10So I was mentally prepared.
07:12But like I said,
07:14when the news came out
07:16I was really worried.
07:18I didn't know what to do.
07:20I didn't know how to handle it.
07:22So I didn't have much time
07:24to get excited.
07:26You just mentioned
07:28about some exciting prospects.
07:30Can you describe them?
07:32Who are those exciting prospects?
07:34A lot of them.
07:36Hasranga Tikshana coming in,
07:38Bebov, Suryavanshi,
07:40Shubham Dubey didn't get
07:42a lot of games last year.
07:44This year he started out really well.
07:46Of course Dhruv Jadhav,
07:48SSUJ as well.
07:50Really excited to play with all of them
07:52and lead them to a certain extent.
07:54And just really excited
07:56for the whole bunch to come together
07:58and do really well in the IPL this year.