IPL 2024: Kumar Sangakkara opens up about Yashasvi Jaiswal's form

Following the Rajasthan Royals victory over Royal Challengers Bengaluru by six wickets in the IPL 2024 encounter at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur head coach Kumar Sangakkara expressed on Yashasvi Jaiswals form in the tournamentRCB star Virat Kohlis century was overshadowed by Jos Buttlers matchwinning century which helped RR defeat RCB in the IPL 2024 match in Jaipur on SaturdayKumar Sangakkara opened up about Jaiswals form in the IPL 2024 during the postmatch presentation So far Jaiswal has only managed to score just 39 runs in four IPL 2024 matches with the highest score being 24 runs Jaiswal has had a brilliant year or two not just for RR but also in international cricket two bad innings do not make anyone a bad player we know his quality and we just want him to bat long it was nice to chase down this total without his contributionThe lefthander had a great run during the India vs England Test series in which he scored 712 runs and broke several records His international cricket journey started just last year after a breakthrough IPL 2023 with the Royals ending as the fifthhighest rungetter with 625 runs in 14 matches at an average of over 48 with a century and five fiftiesAlso Read IPL 2024 Virat is in form other players struggling for form Andy FlowerSangakkar also praised Jos Buttler for his matchwinning knock The English batsman completed his sixth IPL century in his 100th league match Before this century Buttler had scored just 183 runs in his previous ten IPL innings which included three ducks and a knock of 95 against Sunrisers Hyderabad last yearEveryone requires a chat but the chat doesnt have to be about cricket or technique or anything like that Jos is the best whiteball opener in the world and all he needed to do was sit back and ignore some of the noise he saidAbout the teams performance and atmosphere Sangakkara said I thought it was a good toss to win we were pretty decisive in wanting to chase RCB started well but Nandre Burger brought us back with the spinners and Jos and Sanju were clinical There have been a lot of honest conversations Sanju and I have connected well and have been speaking in the offseason as well the focus has been more inward than outward as a coaching staff this seasonAlso Read IPL 2024 Jos is the best whiteball opener in the world SangakkaraComing to the match IPL 2024 RR put RCB on the field first Despite an opening partnership of 125 runs between skipper Faf Du Plessis 44 in 33 balls with two fours and two sixes and Virat Kohli 113 in 72 balls with 12 fours and four sixes RCB failed to put up a fine total on the board settling for 1833 in their 20 oversYuzvendra Chahal 234 was the pick of the bowlers for RR Nandre Burger also took a wicketIn the runchase RR did lose Yashasvi Jaiswal for a duck But skipper Sanju Samson 69 in 42 balls with eight fours and two sixes joined forces with Jos Buttler 100 in 58 balls with nine fours and four sixes who roared back into form with a century in his 100th IPL match Despite some quick wickets later RR chased down the total with five balls and six wickets in handReece Topley 227 was the pick of the bowlers for RCB Yash Dayal and Mohammed Siraj took a wicket each but it was not enoughButtler took home the Player of the Match awardRR is at the top spot having won four of their four games which gives them eight points RCB is in the eighth spot with a win in their five matches giving them only two pointsWith ANI Inputs