{"id":165068,"date":"2026-05-08T14:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=165068"},"modified":"2026-05-08T14:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:07:07","slug":"rr-vs-gt-ipl-2026-led-lights-at-sawai-mansingh-stadium-much-brighter-than-usual-says-sangakkara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=165068","title":{"rendered":"RR vs GT, IPL 2026: LED lights at Sawai Mansingh Stadium much brighter than usual, says Sangakkara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-70956199\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">With two defeats in as many matches at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here, Rajasthan Royals head coach Kumar Sangakkara said the solution lay in sharper bowling execution and improved fielding ahead of Saturday\u2019s IPL clash against Gujarat Titans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s just about trying to execute as well as possible and backing it up with some good fielding. We can be a little bit smarter, a little bit better in the field,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><b>Preview | <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/ipl\/rr-vs-gt-ipl-2026-rajasthan-royals-gujarat-titans-preview-sawai-mansingh-stadium-news\/article70955094.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gujarat Titans bowling attack looks to counter Rajasthan Royals opening salvo<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Referring to the dropped catches in the loss against Sunrisers Hyderabad, he said that the recently installed LED lights at the stadium required fielders to adjust. \u201cThey\u2019re quite different from what we are used to in other grounds. They\u2019re much brighter and give a larger amount of visibility. We\u2019ve been trying to see what the right adjustment is, so that the fielders are comfortable and don\u2019t lose the ball in the glare of the lights. We\u2019ve spoken to the ground authorities, and they\u2019ve tried to lower or extend or change the direction of the lights. In the second game (vs. Delhi Capitals), I think it was fine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sangakkara said Donovan Ferreira has \u201cheavily improved\u201d against \u201cboth spin and pace\u201d with greater access to different areas of the ground, crediting his experience in \u201cfranchise cricket around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether teams now value adaptability over consistency in batting profiles amid rising scoring rates, he said: \u201cAdaptability is always the key. Consistency always depends on whether your strike rate is appropriate for the context of the game. Your attacking intent is always there. So, consistency is a byproduct. It\u2019s not something that we look for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on May 08, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/ipl\/sawai-mansingh-stadium-new-led-lights-brighter-than-usual-kumar-sangakkara-rajasthan-royals\/article70956199.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With two defeats in as many matches at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here, Rajasthan Royals head coach Kumar Sangakkara said the solution lay in sharper bowling execution and improved fielding ahead of Saturday\u2019s IPL clash against Gujarat Titans. \u201cI think it\u2019s just about trying to execute as well as possible and backing it up with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":165069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/03_Practice_RR_DC_30_04_Jaipur.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgnRh4-GWo","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=165068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/165069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=165068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=165068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=165068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}