Sanju Samson to lead Rajasthan in IPL 2021, Sangakkara roped in as Director of Cricket

Moments after ouster of Steve Smith, Rajasthan have anunced that young gun Sanju Samson will lead squad in upcoming edition of IPL. youngster, who has played for Delhi before his stint with Rajasthan, was one of key players for squad in IPL 2020. franchise has also anunced that y would be retaining 17 players and will release remaining 8 players ahead of mini-auction.

Moreover, former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara has been roped in as team's Director of cricket. franchise had anunced earlier in day that will t be retaining skipper Steve Smith for upcoming edition of IPL. While reason is unkwn yet, it has been speculated that ouster might be due to Australian's poor performance in previous edition where team finished last on points table. 

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Bangalore anunce list of players retained 

With IPL 2021 just months away, Bangalore franchise led by Indian skipper Virat Kohli has anunced its list of retained players on Wednesday evening. squad has retained its core group comprising of skipper Virat Kohli, spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and explosive Proteas batsman AB de Villiers. Simon Katich and manment have also decided to keep youngster Devdutt Padikkal, who had a phemen IPL 2020, providing squad with great starts at top of order. 

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Moreover, Bangalore has also decided to retain services of Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj and Navdeep Saini as y eye ir maiden IPL title in 2021. table overseas players that have been retained include Adam Zampa, Josh Philippe and Kane Richardson. 

Meanwhile, Chennai franchise ed by former India skipper MS Dhoni has decided to retain Suresh Raina. As per ANI sources, franchise has decided to retain former India batsman along with star players Faf du Plessis and Dwayne Bravo. development comes as franchises face deadline heat of January 20 to submit ir list of retained players ahead of mini-auction. 

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