India, May 19 -- Rajasthan Royals slid to an eighth loss this season while chasing, to go with a singular win, as they failed to haul down a Punjab Kings total of 219 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. Rajasthan have suffered a couple of truly shocking losses from winning positions, with their only win this far being the result of Vaibhav Suryavanshi exploding vs GT.

Nevertheless, despite the batting struggles this suggested, RR head coach Rahul Dravid was pragmatic about how RR's concerns are far more holistic, with batting not alone to blame for being ninth in the table with 10 losses.

"There's no point just blaming the batsman. I think with the ball also, to be honest, I didn't think it was a 220 wicket, it was about a 195, 200 wicket, a...