Excited to work with new-look RR: Sangakkara

Mumbai: Rajasthan Royals' head coach Kumar Sangakkara said that he is excited to work with a re-energised and new-look squad in the coming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

The former Sri Lankan captain, who is one of the key catalysts in this off-field transformation of the franchise, is hoping for an exciting season.

"We know we had quite a bit of work to do in the off-season with regards to our team. I think we managed to identify the key areas which needed our attention. We had a proper process when it comes to selecting players at the auction. I think the franchise has done an amazing job to put this exciting and strong squad together," Sangakkara said.

Commenting on the new-look squad, Sangakkara said, "We've got the two best spinners in the IPL in terms of off-spin and leg-spin in (Yuzvendra) Chahal and Ashwin. We have (Trent) Boult, Prasidh (Krishna), (Navdeep) Saini, (Nathan) Coulter-Nile, (Obed) McCoy, which makes up for a very exciting pace unit supported by of course the retention of Yashasvi (Jaiswal), (Sanju) Samson and (Jos) Buttler. We have secured depth in every department, with (James) Neesham, (Daryl) Mitchell and (Rassie) van der Dussen being exciting cricketers.

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