Sangakkara and Solanki about their Success at IPL 2022 – By Dr Michael Roberts Shashank Kishore*&* at  ESPNcricinfo, 29 May 2022,  source:thuppahis.com “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 ...

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IPL 2021: KKR sign New Zealand pacer Tim Southee; RCB, RR and PBKS also announce replacements Source:Firstpost Kolkata: New Zealand pacer Tim Southee has been roped in by Kolkata Knight Riders for the remainder of the IPL scheduled to be held in the UAE from 19 September. The veteran New Zealand pacer will be a replacement for Australia’s Pat Cummins,  who pulled out of the league due to “personal reasons”. “Cummins made himself unavailable for the season for personal reasons. Southee comes in with a vast experience of 305 International games for the Kiwis with 603 wickets,” the two-time former champions KKR announced on Thursday. ...

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