{"id":11929,"date":"2026-05-24T06:42:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T06:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1win.za.com\/ipl\/rajasthan-royals-one-win-away-from-ipl-2026-playoffs-despite-hardiks-fightback"},"modified":"2026-05-24T06:42:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T06:42:50","slug":"rajasthan-royals-one-win-away-from-ipl-2026-playoffs-despite-hardiks-fightback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1win.za.com\/ipl\/rajasthan-royals-one-win-away-from-ipl-2026-playoffs-despite-hardiks-fightback","title":{"rendered":"Rajasthan Royals One Win Away From IPL 2026 Playoffs Despite Hardik\u2019s Fightback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rajasthan Royals sit within touching distance of the IPL 2026 playoffs, needing just one more win to lock their place and keep their title hopes firmly alive. Yet the path forward looks anything but smooth, with Hardik Pandya\u2019s Mumbai Indians set to fight for momentum after a roller-coaster campaign.<\/p>\n<h3>Quick facts<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Rajasthan Royals need one more win to secure a spot in the IPL 2026 playoffs.<\/li>\n<li>Hardik Pandya leads Mumbai Indians, who want to finish the season on a high.<\/li>\n<li>Yash Raj Punja has taken 6 wickets in 5 matches this IPL season.<\/li>\n<li>Punja\u2019s economy rate is 8.35.<\/li>\n<li>In RR\u2019s most recent match versus Lucknow Super Giants, he stood out as the pick of the bowlers after troubling Josh Inglis.<\/li>\n<li>Punja joined Abu Dhabi\u2019s Zayed Cricket Academy at the age of 7.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While big names like Jofra Archer and Ravindra Jadeja naturally draw attention, RR\u2019s rise this season has also been powered by an emerging specialist: 20-year-old leg-spinner Yash Raj Punja. The Abu Dhabi-born talent has been quietly devastating, striking six times in five appearances while holding his economy to 8.35.<\/p>\n<p>His impact was especially clear in RR\u2019s latest outing against Lucknow Super Giants. Punja troubled Josh Inglis with sharp, deceptive bowling and finished as the standout performer among the bowlers, underlining why teams will have to plan carefully for him.<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cNothing\u201d at the start<\/h3>\n<p>Punja\u2019s story, however, did not begin with instant promise. Even those close to his early days describe a more difficult start, when the leg-spinner was far from the finished product.<\/p>\n<p>Sandeep Dhuri, a coach at the Zayed Cricket Academy in Abu Dhabi where Punja began training at age seven, recalled that there was \u201cabsolutely nothing\u201d evident from a cricket standpoint initially. Dhuri added that Punja was \u201chorrible\u201d at the beginning, though he later developed quickly once the right direction clicked.<\/p>\n<p>In those early phases, Punja himself explained that his bowling identity was shaped by guidance. He said he started out as a fast bowler, but after advice from a coach linked to the Gary Kirsten Cricket Academy in South Africa, he made the switch to leg-spin, believing the change opened a bigger pathway for him.<\/p>\n<h3>How a switch to leg-spin changed everything<\/h3>\n<p>Punja\u2019s transformation gained momentum after another key moment: he was noticed by former Karnataka head coach Karthik Jeshwanth. Jeshwanth was impressed by Punja\u2019s bounce and urged him to speak with his parents about fully pursuing cricket.<\/p>\n<p>His parents were hesitant about putting academics aside, especially since Punja\u2019s brother Yodhin had struggled with injuries that eventually forced an early retirement. Still, Jeshwanth managed to convince them about Yash\u2019s potential, and that decision allowed Punja to devote more time to the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Jeshwanth also pointed to an earlier assessment that helped strengthen belief in Punja\u2019s upside. He said former England captain Alastair Cook had described him as possessing an \u201cX-factor\u201d nearly two months before Jeshwanth spotted him, and that played a part in shaping the confidence around his future.<\/p>\n<p>With the focus sharpening, Punja turned to domestic cricket with Karnataka and trained at the SIX Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. His next step was refining his execution\u2014particularly delivering the ball at an accurate length\u2014and it was this element that soon caught the attention of coach Zubin Bharucha.<\/p>\n<p>Bharucha explained that Punja\u2019s ability to hold length made a direct impression even during interactions with batters. He said Punja\u2019s control stood out when bowling to Dhruv Jurel, where the leg-spinner consistently hit the top of the bat\u2014prompting Jurel\u2019s reaction that RR had \u201cpicked the right guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>The 70-over routine<\/h3>\n<p>To build that consistency, Bharucha introduced a strict workload structure: Punja was expected to bowl 70 overs across two practice sessions each day. The message was clear\u2014stack the \u201cvolume\u201d to create a dependable base that would also strengthen mental clarity, focus, and day-to-day consistency.<\/p>\n<p>At first, Punja struggled to adapt. He sometimes failed to complete the full quota of overs because of other commitments, but Bharucha insisted progress demanded discipline. He described having to deliver a \u201cbig lecture\u201d on keeping the head down and sticking to the 70-over target, adding that intensity on every delivery is where the improvement lives.<\/p>\n<p>Bharucha also spoke about alignment and the specific landing zone for the ball. One training approach involved removing stumps from the line of the crease and asking Punja to bowl freely, allowing him to experiment while still learning from the outcomes. Bharucha noted that there were moments of irritation, yet the skillset improved, tying it back to a warning-style reminder often attributed to Shane Warne: control how the ball reaches the hitter, but ensure it lands on a comparable good-length spot.<\/p>\n<h3>Volume, meditation, and learning from masters<\/h3>\n<p>As Punja pushed through the workload, the routine began to pay off. Bharucha described how Punja gradually moved past early struggles\u2014first finding it difficult to bowl 10 to 15 overs a day\u2014then building toward continuous spells of around 40 overs until the deliveries matched the desired accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>Mentally, the effort became part of his standards. Punja also brought meditation into his routine, aiming to stay present rather than be pulled apart by pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about his own craft, Punja said his googly had been an issue about a year earlier. He explained that repeatedly bowling 15 overs of googlies to a precise spot helped him land the ball exactly where he wanted it, and he credited Bharucha\u2019s emphasis on volume for building the confidence required to execute under control.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to inspirations, Punja named Anil Kumble and Yuzvendra Chahal as his biggest role models. He highlighted the value of Chahal\u2019s input while Punja worked as a net bowler with RR in 2024. Punja also said Ravichandran Ashwin offered another avenue to learn\u2014especially through focusing on new variations and bowling them repeatedly in nets to develop command.<\/p>\n<h3>A call to fast-track into Team India<\/h3>\n<p>Bharucha believes Punja\u2019s rise is strong enough to justify a faster route into India\u2019s setup. He compared Punja\u2019s ceiling to that of Varun Chakaravarthy, arguing that Punja\u2019s profile is ahead of others who share a similar bowling type\u2014thanks to the combination of ball quality, accuracy, and multiple variations.<\/p>\n<p>He added that he told Punja how Anil Kumble built a career by landing at a single length consistently, and suggested Punja can follow an equally effective template. Bharucha described it as an \u201cincredible\u201d model, pointing to how Punja\u2019s command and repeatable execution could become a long-term asset at the highest level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rajasthan Royals sit within touching distance of the IPL 2026 playoffs, needing just one more win to lock their place and keep their title hopes&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_title":"IPL 2026 Playoffs: Rajasthan Royals One Win Away","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"RR are one win from IPL 2026 playoffs, but Hardik Pandya\u2019s Mumbai Indians are ready to fight back\u2014can Rajasthan seal their spot?","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the 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