RR bowling coach Shane Bond criticized his bowlers after they once again gave away a score of over 200 during the defeat to Gujarat Titans on Saturday, May 9. Rajasthan gave 229 runs in the first innings Against GT at Sawai Mansingh Stadium and lost the match by 77 runs.

In the last three matches, Rajasthan have scored 229, 222, 226 runs before losing to Gujarat. During the clash in Jaipur Jofra Archer had a very bad outingHe bowled one over in the last 11 balls and gave away 46 runs during his three-over spell. The defeat also means RR have lost three games in Jaipur this season.

In the press conference after the match, Bond said that Rajasthan did not play well in the conditions. He said that RR bowlers need to think outside the box.

Bond said the decision against GT was not consistent enough

“We haven’t played well in the conditions that we know we’re in. We’ve been outmatched by our opponent,” Bond said. “I look at the bowlers, they just have to be better, right? You have to think outside the box a little bit. There are two things: decision making and execution. I think tonight, you probably noticed that the execution wasn’t consistent for quite a while.

‘Bowlers need to think differently’

with IPL Seeing the batsmen being overly aggressive, Bond said the bowlers need to think outside the box to deal with them and get results.

“And I think if you look across the board in the IPL, that’s just what has happened. The batsmen, they’re coming in, they’re playing ultra-aggressive, and putting pressure on the bowlers. So as a bowler, you have to ask, OK, ‘What can I do differently?’ [They] I have to spend more time with the analysts to know where each batsman is going to go… which areas they are going to score in,” Bond said.

RR’s bowling coach said that the bowlers are not developing themselves and claimed that the only way to go about things would be to feel the opportunity to shine amidst all the batting chaos.

“I may have to bowl short runs and long runs. I have to be able to come around the wicket and bowl to both sides. So, when you see bowlers doing the same thing, game after game after game, getting the same results, my question would be: You have to do something different and develop your game. Now you look at the batsmen, they are playing uppercuts, they are reverses, they are scooping. They have developed a lot of range. Shots. So a bowler has to develop his range of skills as well. I think it’s a great opportunity for any bowler: ‘If I can do that, I can earn myself a lot of money and become a superstar.’

“I don’t think you’ve seen that consistently. It’s certainly not easy for the bowlers, but you can either be scared of it, scared of what’s going on out there, or see it as an opportunity to get better and maybe make a name for yourself,” Bond said.

After a week’s break, RR will next face DC on May 17.

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Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modiaccused the opposition on Sunday Congress of becoming a parasite after being separated from one’s old partner DMK In Tamil Nadu.“DMK stood with the Congress for three decades and saved the Congress time and again during crises. The UPA government before 2014 also survived due to the support of DMK. But as soon as the political equations changed, the power-hungry Congress stabbed the DMK in the back...Now Congress is looking for some other party to ride as a parasite.”Speaking to thousands of supporters who gathered at the HAL airport to welcome him before he left for Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living International Centre, Modi took out about 30 minutes to address the gathering. State leaders attempted to consolidate support with ‘anti-Bangladesh’ and ‘save Hindu’ slogans.Modi listed the downfalls of the Congress in various states: In Himachal Pradesh, the Congress-led government has not been able to pay salaries; Farmers are being driven to suicide in Telangana; And governance in Karnataka has lagged behind due to internal strife.While he said the Congress machinery is betraying the country by focusing on how the government has not been formed in Tamil Nadu, he said: “But in Kerala, despite having the majority, to form the government, they are unable to decide on ministers – should they use the 2.5-year formula or the one-year-per-CM formula? No solution is still at hand.”He pointed to the pattern of ‘stabbing party MLAs in the back after making promises to them’. Modi said, “This has happened in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and it is continuing in Karnataka too; now it is Kerala’s turn.”Saying that the BJP is continuously expanding in the South, and people want “politics driven by speed, scale, solutions and national policy”, he said the BJP, which has now secured three seats in Kerala, is reaching a stage where victory in the state is no longer far away.

Indian-origin philanthropist Anil Kochhar announced that he will pay off the education loans of 176 graduate students of NC State’s Wilson College of Textiles where his father studied.

Indian-American philanthropist Anil Kochhar, who was the speaker at the North Carolina State University Wilson College of Textiles’ graduation ceremony on May 8, surprised the 176 graduates by announcing that he and his wife will pay off their education loans so that graduates can pursue their dreams independently without worrying about money.“It is my privilege to announce today that, in honor of my father, Prakash Chand Kochhar, Marilyn and I are providing a graduation gift to cover all final-year education debt incurred by Wilson College graduates during the 2025-26 academic year,” Kochhar said in making the announcement. The hall echoed with cheers.“Marilyn and I hope that you all leave Reynolds Coliseum today not only with a degree, but with greater freedom to pursue your goals, take risks, and build the life you have worked so hard to achieve.”Anil Kochhar shared, “Eighty years ago, a young man (Anil Kochhar’s father) traveled thousands of miles from India to Raleigh with hope and determination. He had no idea where the journey would lead. He could not have imagined the life it would create, or that one day his son would speak to a graduating class at the same institution that had welcomed him.”Kochhar said, “My father would not have even imagined this moment. Not only am I standing here, but all of you are sitting here.” “A new generation, shaped by a different world, but connected by the same sense of possibility that brought them here decades ago. And that’s what today represents.”

Who was Anil Kochhar’s father?

Prakash Chand Kochhar was born in Punjab, India and was the second Indian student admitted to Wilson College of Textiles in 1946. In 1950, he earned a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree in 1952, and joined the textile industry. The Kochhar family made America their home and paid back the community.A year after Prakash Chand Kochhar’s death in 1985, his wife, whom he had met at North Carolina College, Christine Hayes Kochhar, took the initiative to create the Prakash Chand Kochhar Memorial Textile Scholarship for the university.Anil Kochhar and his wife Marilyn carried on the legacy and initiated three gifts to the university.

Following Anil Kochhar’s surprise announcement, the college told Axios it was calculating the total value of the gift and would work out the details with campus offices.