We are not going to get 280-run matches every game of the season: Riyan Parag

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Rajasthan Royals' (RR) stand-in captain Riyan Parag said that their team will not be chasing 280 runs in every game of the tournament, and there will be some low-scoring games too. Rajasthan will take on Kolkata Knight Riders on March 27.

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00:00Very good. First of all, I have a lot to say about the team.

00:05Timothy came to the ICT team when he was 14 years old.

00:08After that, his journey to the studio has been very long.

00:12I have a lot of trust in Timothy.

00:15I have a lot of trust in Sanju, Rahul sir and the management.

00:18They have shown me that I can be a captain.

00:20If I don't do well in IPL, I can't be a captain.

00:24I am very grateful to them.

00:30We spoke about what we need to execute better or what we can do differently this game.

00:39And what we could do differently last game as well.

00:41We had a meeting today.

00:43So, depending on the wicket and depending on what combination we want to play,

00:46we just have to execute it better.

00:48I think the plans were good.

00:50The deployment was good.

00:52It's just about us executing a higher percentage of balls instead of the other way around.

00:56So, how do you look forward to tomorrow's game?

01:00Really looking forward.

01:02First home game.

01:04We are familiar with the conditions.

01:06We practiced here.

01:08We had a few camps here.

01:10So, really looking forward to what we can do and put off a show day after tonight.

01:13How proud are you to play in RRT?

01:25Like I just said, I think it's been a journey.

01:28I was here when I was 17 years old.

01:30And most importantly, me being captain, that's secondary.

01:33But the trust that the manager showed in me, I think that's one of the biggest points or biggest upvotes that I take personally as a player.

01:41That they are trusting me enough to lead the team and trusting me enough to let me make my own decisions.

01:46So, I think it's a very big thing for me.

01:48How do you feel about the bowling squad?

01:51There's no 10, no 8, no 7.

01:53How do you feel about the bowling squad?

01:57Auction is a thing where you can retain everyone.

02:02So, if I think about last year, how exciting talent we have.

02:10It's a relatively younger team.

02:12So, I don't understand why there's no excitement.

02:14If it was last year, it wouldn't have been possible.

02:17I know that all the main players in the team have franchised.

02:21So, I don't think I can answer that question.

02:25Because I don't want to think about it.

02:28So, I don't think I can answer the question of how exciting talent we have this year.

02:33I don't think I can answer that question.

02:35How do you feel about the pitch?

02:41I don't know about the pitch.

02:44I think pitch is something that side wicketers practice.

02:48So, if nature allows, side wicketers can practice.

02:51Because it's almost the same type of soil.

02:55So, if you go inside, you can see how the dew is.

02:58If there's grass or not.

03:00If it's crumbly or not.

03:02So, if you go inside, you can give a fair assessment.

03:03You scored a lot of goals in the last match.

03:07You scored more than 5,000 in the first half.

03:10I'm sorry?

03:12You scored more than 5,000 in the last match.

03:17You scored more than 5,000 in the first half.

03:19But you scored more than 7,000 in the first half.

03:23What do you think about that?

03:25I don't think it's true.

03:27This is a team or a venue that scores a lot of goals.

03:29I was a little confused about the first match.

03:33What to do? What to do?

03:35Will the run-up be less?

03:37But cricket is a game.

03:39There are days when you don't know what to do.

03:41Whatever the team was planning, I was confused.

03:44But I batted and scored a lot of goals.

03:47I think it's a very positive thing.

03:49You scored more than 7,000 in the first half.

03:51You scored more than 7,000 in the first half.

03:54You scored more than 7,000 in the first half.

03:56You scored more than 7,000 in the first half.

03:57Do you think it's a positive thing?

03:59Of course, crowd support is definitely a positive thing.

04:02But mostly the conditions that I am familiar with,

04:05the conditions that I am used to,

04:07it helps a lot.

04:09Because when you go to the field,

04:11the people around you,

04:13they all become nervous.

04:15You don't have to pay attention to them

04:17because the game has already started.

04:19I think the conditions will help a lot

04:21rather than the crowds.

04:22Final question.

04:24Just sometime ago,

04:26Kolkata Knight Riders

04:29predicted this game as his home game.

04:32Kolkata Knight Riders' home game.

04:34Because of the distance between Kolkata

04:36and Uttar Pradesh.

04:38Both teams are limited in the distance.

04:41Exactly.

04:44I am not sure how many Bengalis are there

04:46in the Kolkata team.

04:48But I am an Assamese,

04:50so I think it's going to be

04:52just for us rather than them.

04:54But that doesn't really matter.

04:56I think whoever plays good cricket tomorrow,

04:58they are going to come up with a win.

05:12Not at all.

05:14I think everyone is a professional here.

05:17Everyone knows what to do

05:19if there is a new leader.

05:21Rahul Dravid has been really helpful.

05:23So I have not really faced any trouble

05:25to assemble the team

05:27or get someone in the same line of communication.

05:47I feel the middle order

05:48is always the backbone

05:50of any batting order.

05:52For them to step up like they did,

05:54for them to bat like they did,

05:56regardless of the end result,

05:58I think that's a big plus.

06:00Because we are not going to get

06:02280 games every game of the season.

06:04There are going to be 180, 140, 150 games

06:06and that's where we will need them the most.

06:08I am sure that's going to do them

06:10a big boost in confidence

06:12of how they played last game.

06:14And hopefully they can continue that.

06:18How do you feel about the team?

06:20Who do you think will win?

06:22Who do you think will win?

06:25It's been really good.

06:27GTI is a great team.

06:29Everyone welcomes them.

06:31But we don't have much time

06:33to think about the future.

06:35We have to focus on what we like

06:37and what we don't like.

06:39We don't have much time to think about the future.

06:41We don't know what we are going to do

06:43in the next game.

06:45We have to focus on the field,

06:46what we like and what we don't like.

06:48Please, please.

06:50One at a time, yes.

06:52What was your reaction

06:54when you heard the news

06:56that GTI was going to lose?

06:58I was really worried about you guys.

07:00I was really worried.

07:02The day the news came out

07:04I was really worried

07:06and I knew that

07:08a situation like this could happen.

07:10So I was mentally prepared.

07:12But like I said,

07:14when the news came out

07:16I was really worried.

07:18I didn't know what to do.

07:20I didn't know how to handle it.

07:22So I didn't have much time

07:24to get excited.

07:26You just mentioned

07:28about some exciting prospects.

07:30Can you describe them?

07:32Who are those exciting prospects?

07:34A lot of them.

07:36Hasranga Tikshana coming in,

07:38Bebov, Suryavanshi,

07:40Shubham Dubey didn't get

07:42a lot of games last year.

07:44This year he started out really well.

07:46Of course Dhruv Jadhav,

07:48SSUJ as well.

07:50Really excited to play with all of them

07:52and lead them to a certain extent.

07:54And just really excited

07:56for the whole bunch to come together

07:58and do really well in the IPL this year.

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