Former India cricketer Amit Mishra wasn’t impressed with Rajasthan Royals' stand-in captain Riyan Parag for pointing fingers at his batters after their loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Parag had blamed the team for not showing enough intent against RCB’s spinners during the chase. Despite being in a strong position while chasing 206, RR ended up falling short by 11 runs, a result that clearly didn’t sit well with Mishra given the captain’s post-match remarks.

After the match, Riyan Parag commented that the Rajasthan Royals middle order ; featuring Nitish Rana, Dhruv Jurel, and Shimron Hetmyer ; lacked intent against RCB spinners Krunal Pandya and Suyash Sharma.

Amit Mishra said Parag should blame his shot selection before pointing fingers at his teammates. "You had the match in your grasp but the extra runs that you gave... if you take out the 14 wides that they bowled, they would have won,"

"You yourself made a mistake in the crunch situation. How can you blame the others? It's not like you were too far behind the game. You were always in the game. You didn't lose by 40-50 runs. It was a close match. You could have won with an over to spare if you hadn't got out at the wrong time. The kind of shots that you are attempting in a crunch situation, those could have been avoided. You should have thought of taking the match deep and finish it," said Mishra.