Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals have appointed Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara as the Director of Cricket of their team. Apart from overseeing the team’s overgrowth, he has been given the task of cricketing infrastructure growth and scouting the future talents for the team.
"To oversee the cricket strategy of a franchise in the leading cricket competition in the world, as well as building the development programs and cricketing infrastructure that will provide the future foundation of the IPL team's on-field success, is an opportunity that really motivated me," Sangakarra, currently the President of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) was quoted as saying in the media release of the Royals.
Sanju Samson, the newly appointed skipper of the Royals was excited to have the Sri Lankan who played 594 international matches and scored more than 28,000 runs, as the Director of Cricket.
"It's great to have an all-time wicketkeeping great with us, he is someone who's donned many hats, he was a fantastic keeper-batsman. He's someone who's shown great character both on and off the field and the values that one associate with him is the same which we embody here at Rajasthan Royals," said the Kerala captain.
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