T20 World Cup 2026 Cricket News

Sangakkara confirmed as Royals head coach and director of cricket

Vikram Rathour has moved up from batting coach to assistant coach in the back room that also includes Shane Bond, Trevor Penney and Sid Lahiri

17-Nov-2025•ESPNcricinfo staff

Kumar Sangakkara back to helm Rajasthan Royals' coaching staff

Rahul Dravid parted ways as head coach after IPL 2025, having chosen not to take up broader position at RR

25-Sep-2025•Nagraj Gollapudi

Lord's reshapes global role as Jay Shah joins new MCC advisory board

Club will host second World Cricket Connects symposium in June, following inaugural event last year

23-Jan-2025•ESPNcricinfo staff

SA20, ILT20 franchises target England Test players

Root was unveiled as a new signing by Paarl Royals and it is understood that franchises have expressed interested in several other players

19-Jul-2024•Matt Roller

Samson: 'We were short of options in the middle overs against spin'

Sangakkara also said RR have to be a "lot more clinical" in run-chases

25-May-2024•Deivarayan Muthu

Samson fined for dissent after Hope's tight boundary catch

The Rajasthan Royals captain engaged the on-field umpires in a prolonged conversation after third umpire Michael Gough had ruled him out

08-May-2024•ESPNcricinfo staff

Sangakkara: Maturity and hunger set Riyan Parag 2.0 apart

"He understands his game more and taking on more responsibility has become non-negotiable to him"

27-Mar-2024•Shashank Kishore

Joe Root opts out of IPL 2024 a day before retention deadline

He becomes the second England player after Ben Stokes to withdraw from IPL 2024

25-Nov-2023•ESPNcricinfo staff

Strengthening Royals' thin batting on Sangakkara's mind for next season

Royals' director of cricket looks forward to "grooming" Parag to become "an early-middle-order player rather than just a death hitter"

30-May-2022•Sidharth Monga

Vettori and Tahir call for wides to come under DRS umbrella

Nitin Pandit called three tight wides in the 19th over of KKR's chase, leaving Royals captain Samson visibly frustrated

02-May-2022•Sidharth Monga

$No-ball fracas: Frustrated Pant says 'third umpire should have interfered'$

No-ball fracas: Frustrated Pant says 'third umpire should have interfered'

Capitals assistant coach Shane Watson, however, says umpires' decision has to be accepted, right or wrong

23-Apr-2022•Nagraj Gollapudi

'The fault lies more with us than the pitch' - Coach Kumar Sangakkara on Rajasthan Royals' slide

Relaid Sharjah pitch has posed tough questions for batters all around, but Royals' shot selection and adaptability still need review

05-Oct-2021•Varun Shetty

Barbados Tridents set to become Barbados Royals following IPL franchise takeover

The owners of the Rajasthan Royals have bought a majority stake in the CPL franchise

30-Jul-2021•Nagraj Gollapudi

Andy Flower and Kumar Sangakkara among 10 players inducted into ICC Hall of Fame

Monty Noble, Aubrey Faulkner, Learie Constantine, Stan McCabe, Vinoo Mankad, Ted Dexter, Bob Willis, Desmond Haynes also on the list

13-Jun-2021•ESPNcricinfo staff

Six instances when a Sri Lanka pair batted out entire day of a Test

Dimuth Karunaratne and Dhananjaya de Silva kept the Bangladesh bowlers at bay on day four of the Pallekele Test

24-Apr-2021•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Jofra Archer will not be rushed back to fulfil IPL contract, Kumar Sangakkara says

Team director admits Archer's fitness issues had tempted Royals to consider their options ahead of the IPL auction in February

11-Apr-2021•Andrew Miller

Sangakkara says Royals yet to finalise opening pair, Samson promises more stability

Sangakkara's advice for India's T20 World Cup hopefuls is to "focus on the IPL"

11-Apr-2021•Sruthi Ravindranath

'We've built our strategy around them' - Royals bank on having Buttler, Stokes, Archer for full IPL

Kumar Sangakkara says agreement with ECB means Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer will play "whole tournament"

19-Feb-2021•Andrew Miller

Kumar Sangakkara: Chris Morris price no barrier in finding right support for Jofra Archer

Death-bowling specialism encourages Rajasthan to pay huge sum for allrounder

19-Feb-2021•Andrew Miller

Jayawardene says no Sri Lanka player in IPL 2021 is 'disheartening'

Isuru Udana, Thisara Perera and Kusal Perera were unsold

19-Feb-2021•Shashank Kishore

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