Sangakkara and Solanki about their Success at IPL 2022

Shashank Kishore*&* at  ESPNcricinfo, 29 May 2022, 

“At the auction table, we spent 90-95% of our purse on putting together our first XI. We worked hard on data to work on the players we wanted. We put emphasis on experience at the moment. We have a smattering of youngsters who will become stars later, but our first XI has a strong share of seasoned internationals… Wins don’t just happen. It takes a lot of planning, hard work, execution on the field.”  ……………… Royals’ director of cricket Kumar Sangakkara says reaching the final is a culmination of a process they started even before the auction

“We have an opportunity to do something special. But, to some extent, what we have achieved so far is something special. I would congratulate everybody that’s been involved in this franchise for what we have achieved so far. There is more for us to achieve – not only this year but as a group going forward as well. This is just the next step for us.”
Titans’ director of cricket Vikram Solanki believes this is just the start of something special for Titans

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KUMAR forced to ham it up …. !@#! …. even though the Rajasthan Royals revealed that they were not teddy bears on the field  (especially with slinger Lasith in their coaching team) !!

*&* Shashank Kishore is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo