IPL Auction 2023: Rajasthan Royals head coach Kumar Sangakkara says Harry Brook would have fit well in our team. cricket news

JAIPUR: Rajasthan Royals were in for a jolt when their limited purse of Rs 13.20 crore did not allow them to spend freely on their first-choice player. harry brook, He was finally bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for 13.25 crores, which was more than the entire budget of the Royals.
Royals head coach Kumar Sangakkara acknowledged the limits of being on a tight budget and how he was ‘caught in the middle’ during the IPL mini auction held in Kochi.
“Our main target in the first round was Brooke, but unfortunately we missed him. But we are very happy to have Jason Holder and Donovan Ferreira among a number of good players who we think are very promising. Could also meet. I think we have a good team,” Sangakkara told TOI from Kochi.

At the same time, the Royals’ coach opined, “Brook would have fit well into our side.”
Elaborating on what the thought process was like, he said, “It was about which pair would make our team better, the first XI that you fielded. And the answer was that we should target Brooke. And next was Holder or maybe Nicholas Pooran. But with a limited budget, we really had to plan it.”
The former Sri Lankan captain said they were ‘caught in the middle’. “It was a complicated kind of decision that we had to make in terms of planning for the best-case scenario and the worst-case scenario and we were caught in the middle, but we came out well prepared with a lot of planning, data and thought. Were. He. So it was a long process.”

We have the core from last season. The squad we retained was the result of our good performance last season. We’ve got the bowling, we’ve got the batting and we just need a few extra things to round it out.”
Players bought by Royals in IPL mini auction: Jason Holder (5.75 Cr), Donovan Ferreira (50 Lakh), Kunal Rathour (20 Lakh), Adam Zampa (1.5 Lakh), KM Asif (30 Lakh), Murugan Ashwin (20 Lakh), Akash Vashisht (20 Lakh), Abdul PA (20 lakhs), Joe Root (1 crore)