Mohali, April 01: Kings XI Punjab skipper Kumar Sangakkara and star player Yuvraj Singh today dismissed reports of a rift between them and said too much should not be read into the side’s rough patch in the ongoing Indian Premier League.
Stories are doing the rounds that Yuvraj, going through a prolonged bad patch in the Twenty20 tournament, is sulking after losing captaincy to Sangakkara, who doesn’t enjoy the full support of some players.
Sangakkara, who is back at the helm after serving a one-match ban for the team’s repeated slow over-rate, however, begged to differ and said all negative stories stem from the outfit’s poor performance in IPL III.
“These stories come out when the team is losing and not doing well. There is no rift,” Sangakkara said.
–PTI