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Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag praised Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s explosive 97 off 29 balls after RR defeated SRH in the IPL eliminator. Despite the win, Parag said RR should have crossed 260 and improve their finishing. Jofra Archer and Nandre Burger starred with the ball as RR moved one step closer to the IPL final against RCB.

Mullanpur: Following his side's win over the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the eliminator, Rajasthan Royals (RR) skipper Riyan Parag hailed Vaibhav Sooryavanshi for his masterclass, but felt that the team could have done better with the bat by reaching 260 runs at least and needs to work on finishing off the innings better.

Riyan-led RR is just one step away from sealing an IPL final with defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) as a marvellous 97 in 29 balls by Sooryavanshi and a Jofra-Archer-Nandre Burger powerplay exhibition overcame a fan-favourite, fiery and in-form Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) team with both bat and ball. Parag continues to do well in his maiden season as RR's full-time captain.

Speaking after the match, Riyan said that he likes to be a "perfectionist" and his team could have finished better with the bat. However, he was impressed with the bowling effort.

"I think I like to be a perfectionist. I know it's not going to be a perfect game altogether. But even today, we should have gotten 260, right? So a bit to work on that. How to finish off innings after we get a start like Vaibhav did. But with the ball, I think I was really impressed. I think we held our calm. They got a lot of runs in the second over or the first, once Ishan and Travis added a few boundaries, but I think we came back really well and a good performance altogether," Riyan said.