Will the captaincy be snatched from Sanju Samson? Rajasthan Royals director Kumar Sangakkara gave this answer

Kumar Sangakkara On Sanju Samson: Franchise director of cricket Kumar Sangakkara has made a big statement regarding the explosive wicket-keeper batsman and captain Sanju Samson of Rajasthan Royals. He said on Thursday that Sanju Samson will be the leader of the team for a long time and his retention was fixed.

For IPL 2022, Rajasthan Royals has retained two Indian and one foreign player. It includes captain Sanju Samson and uncapped player Yashasvi Jaiswal. Apart from this, the franchise has also retained Jos Buttler of England.

In a video posted on Twitter by Rajasthan Royals, Kumar Sangakkara said, “We worked really hard with our new data team. With the help of all our partners in India and the US, we finally decided that definitely Sanju Samson. There was no hindrance in retaining it.”

He further said that he is the long-time captain of Rajasthan Royals. He is an exceptional player, he has proved it time and again.”

Let us tell you that Sanju Samson was made the captain of the team before the start of IPL 2021. At the same time, in the year 2018, Rajasthan included him in his team for 8 crores. However, for IPL 2022, the franchise has retained him as captain for Rs 14 crore.

Samson was the first player to be retained. After that the franchise retained Jos Buttler of England for 10 crores. At present, Butler is considered to be the most dangerous batsman of T20. While the franchise retained 19-year-old Yashasvi Jaiswal as the third player.

Kumar Sangakkara further said, we have retained the young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal. He can prove to be a star batsman in future.