India, April 25 -- It happened against the Delhi Capitals. It was repeated against the Lucknow Super Giants. It struck again against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The Rajasthan Royals botched their run chase for three matches in a row. From a commanding position in the chase, they somehow managed to find the self-destruct button and pressed it repeatedly. The result? a hat-trick of defeats in IPL 2025. In the aftermath of yet another inexplicable runchase, former cricketers Simon Katich and Pommie Mbangwa criticised the RR batting unit.

Former Australia batter Simon Katich said RR butchered the chase when Shubham Dubey, the last recognised batter, was dismissed on the first ball of the 20th over with RR needing 17 runs to win. "RR is ...