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The fact that Rajasthan Royals stand-in captain Riyan Parag blamed his batters for not displaying enough intent against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru spinners on Wednesday infuriated former Indian cricketer Amit Mishra. Even though they were in control of their 206-run chase, RR lost by 11 runs, therefore all but eliminating them from contention for the IPL playoffs.

After losing Dhurv Jurel and Jofra Archer to consecutive deliveries and scoring just one run in the 19th over, which was bowled by Josh Hazlewood, RR needed to score 18 runs in the final two overs with five wickets remaining. Shubham Dubey was dismissed by Yash Dayal in the final over to all but end the match.

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Following the game, Riyan Parag claimed that the RR middle order, which included Shimron Hetmyer, Jurel, and Nitish Rana, had not demonstrated the will to take on RCB spinners Suyash Sharma and Krunal Pandya.

"We did really well with the ball. I thought it was a 210-215 wicket, we held them back really well. Halfway through our innings we were in the driver's seat. We've got ourselves to blame. Didn't show enough intent against spinners," Parag told the broadcasters.

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Before accusing his teammates, Parag should take responsibility for his shot selection, according to Amit Mishra.

"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," Mishra said on Cricbuzz.

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"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.

After hitting 22 off 11 balls, Parag was dismissed while attempting a slog sweep off Krunal Pandya's first ball. RR were scoring more than 12 runs per over at the time.

The fact that Parag blamed the players who batted the most against Krunal and Suyash—Jurel, Hetmyer, and Rana—did not sit well with former India opener Virender Sehwag either.

"They didn't play that badly against the spinners. They took 31 runs each in their 4 overs. They also bowled well, took wickets so they had to bat a bit cautiously but it was still RR's match to win till Hetmyer and Dhurv Jurel were in the middle. Hetmyer got out, and unfortunately, Jurel got dismissed. It was a soft dismissal. He wanted to make room and hit but got an inside edge. If Jurel batted till the end, RR would have won," Sehwag said.

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