3 min learnCould 30, 2026 09:51 AM IST
After his workforce’s IPL 2026 exit with a defeat to the Gujarat Titans within the Qualifier 2 match on Friday, Rajasthan Royals head coach Kumar Sangakkara slammed English all-rounder Sam Curran for skipping the two-month-long match on the pretext of an damage.
Curran, who was a part of a commerce cope with Chennai Tremendous Kings forward of the season, was roped in for Rs 2.4 crore alongside Ravindra Jadeja in trade for Sanju Samson. Nonetheless, with the Englishman conveying his unavailability thereafter, RR roped in Sri Lankan all-rounder Dasun Shanaka as his substitute. Sangakkara, nonetheless, mentioned it was disappointing to see Curran flip up for his county facet Surrey afterward.
“We had been instructed that Sam Curran had a season-ending damage, however I feel I noticed him taking part in for Surrey for 2 or three video games now, in order that was disappointing,” Sangakkara instructed reporters in Mullanpur after RR’s seven-wicket defeat. “We’d have cherished to have had him right here taking part in for us, however we received Dasun Shanaka as a substitute after we had been knowledgeable early.”
“A correct, tight coverage round that’s at all times a requirement. The BCCI has a strict coverage on that. Each participant goes by accidents, and if it’s a critical damage, a season-ending damage, in fact we perceive,” he mentioned.
Curran has featured in three video games for Surrey. The 27-year-old has not resumed bowling for the reason that T20 World Cup semi-final towards India in March, however racked up 141 runs within the T20 Blast competitors.
Sangakkara rued the string of accidents that Rajasthan have endured this season, however took one other jibe at Curran for not staying again with the facet.
“We’ve had fairly just a few accidents. We’ve additionally had gamers like Adam Milne and Hetmyer, who’ve come right here and never had a lot of a recreation. Lhuan-dre Pretorius is one other one. “Kwenna Maphaka is one other one. They’ve been right here. They’ve performed the exhausting yards. They’ve practised. They’ve carried water for the workforce, they usually’ve actually labored as exhausting as anybody else to assist the workforce on this journey. It’s actually as much as that particular person participant to determine whether or not they wish to come or not.
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“However I feel the BCCI coverage round it is extremely strict now, and that’s the best way it ought to proceed to be, to make it possible for contractual obligations are met correctly and genuinely. I feel each facet within the IPL will profit from that,” he added.