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Kumar Sangakkara was the Director of Cricket of RR for the last 4 seasons.
Sri Lankan veteran batsman Kumar Sangakkara can become the mentor of IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). He will replace Gautam Gambhir in the team. This post is vacant after Gautam became the head coach of Team India.
According to the information received, the franchise has approached the Sri Lankan player. At present, talks are going on. 46-year-old Sangakkara was the cricket director of Rajasthan Royals till last season. He also has offers from other franchises.
Kumar Sangakkara can replace Gautam Gabhir in KKR.
Great performance by RR with Sangakkara Sangakkara took over as Director of Cricket for Rajasthan Royals in 2021. Under his direction, the RR team has performed brilliantly. Rajasthan team played the final in IPL 2022. However, the team missed out on lifting their second trophy against Gujarat Titans. Whereas last season the team could not reach the finals due to losing Qualifier-2.
With Sangakkara, RR team reached the playoffs twice in 4 seasons.
There will be many changes in the support staff of KKR Before the next season of IPL, almost the entire support staff of the KKR team will change, as team mentor Gautam Gambhir, batting coach Abhishek Nair and fielding coach Ryan ten Doeschate have now joined the Indian team. At present, only head coach Chandrakant Pandit and bowling coach Bharat Arun are part of the team’s support staff.
Gambhir, Abhishek and Doeschate have left KKR.
KKR became champion last season Under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, the KKR team lifted the IPL trophy for the third time last season. In the final match, the team had registered a one-sided victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 8 wickets with 57 balls remaining. Earlier, KKR had won the IPL title in 2012 and 2014 under the captaincy of Gautam Gambhir.
