'He needs to find the right shots': Ex-RCB star questions KL Rahul's knock during DC vs RR clash of IPL 2025

India veteran batter Cheteshwar Pujara, who also featured for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) reckons that Delhi Capitals (DC) wicketkeeper batter KL Rahul was conservative during his 38-run knock against Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. DC defeating RR is a super over thriller to seal the top spot in the IPL 2025 points table.

KL Rahul came to bat at number four following the dismissals of Jake Fraser-McGurk and Karun Nair. The right-handed batter was playing cautiously first with settled Abhishek Porel.

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DC were in a spot of bother and the franchise needed some good overs and Rahul had to shift his momentum after getting set at the crease. He tried to pull Jofra Archer over the leg side but was caught at deep midwicket by Shimron Hetmyer. Punjara feels that KL Rahul's new number four role needs to be more aggressive.

"KL, being the senior player, I think he wanted to play 15-20 balls, and then go out. But, at the same time, he should have attacked a bit more, because he was set, he had enough chance to look at the pitch, he knew the conditions by then. So, he was trying, but he was just trying to muscle it out of the ground," Pujara said on ESPN Cricinfo (0:09).

"His batting order has changed a bit, too. So, I mean he is just trying to figure out. He normally does go hard in the powerplay, but after that, that is the period where he needs to be a little more aggressive. He needs to find the right shots. It looked like he was a bit cautious, he wanted to save his wicket rather than play his natural game," Pujara added.

Delhi Capitals have played six matches in IPL 2025, where they managed to win five matches. DC will now face Gujarat Titans on April 19 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.