IPL 2021 | Rajasthan Royals need more match-winners, says Kumar Sangakkara
The Hindu
RR’s director of cricket says the team will miss Stokes, Buttler and Archer
Kumar Sangakkara is looking forward to match-winning efforts from more Rajasthan Royals players in the second phase of the IPL. The Jaipur-based side was in the fifth spot when the league was suspended in May; it will resume its campaign with a match against Punjab Kings at Dubai on September 21. “If one player can win us the odd game here and there, different players become match-winners in different games, and that’s really what you’re looking for in terms of formulating a winning side,” Royals’ director of cricket said on Thursday in Dubai, where he is quarantining after his arrival earlier in the week. “What I want to see from them is their best efforts, competing as hard and for as long as possible to create opportunities and taking games by the scruff of the neck and winning them... that’s the key.” The team will have to play the remainder of the tournament without its England trio of Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer, who have had to pull out due to different reasons.More Related News