{"id":14464,"date":"2026-05-09T05:48:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T05:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/2026\/05\/09\/spoken-to-ground-authorities-rr-head-coach-sangakkara-raises-concerns-over-jaipurs-new-led-floodlights-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T05:48:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T05:48:02","slug":"spoken-to-ground-authorities-rr-head-coach-sangakkara-raises-concerns-over-jaipurs-new-led-floodlights-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=14464","title":{"rendered":"‘Spoken to ground authorities’: RR head coach Sangakkara raises concerns over Jaipur\u2019s new LED floodlights | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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JAIPUR: Rajasthan Royals<\/a>\u2019 home ground, Sawai Mansingh Stadium, came under the spotlight during their clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad for some uncharacteristic dropped catches on the field. The issue sparked widespread discussion, with players and experts pointing to the stadium\u2019s newly installed floodlights as a likely factor. New LED floodlights were installed at the venue just before the start of the 2026 season. While they offer significantly higher brightness and better overall visibility, the players have faced initial difficulties adjusting to the stronger glare and altered light conditions.<\/p>\n

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Royals head coach Kumar Sangakkara acknowledged the adjustment period for fielders. \u201cI think they have done a great job with redoing the floodlights. They\u2019re LED lights, and then you know, they’re quite different to what we are used to in other grounds. They are much brighter and give a larger amount of visibility. So we have been trying to see what the right adjustment is so that the fielders are comfortable and they don\u2019t lose the ball in the glare of the lights,\u201d Sangakkara said.\u201cSo we\u2019ve spoken to the ground authorities and they have tried to lower or extend or change the direction of the lights. And in the second game, I think it was fine. It\u2019s never easy when the lights are in a glare, but I think they have done a great job with the ability to adjust that as well, so it\u2019s great for modern technology to have such good lighting,\u201d he added.SMS Stadium now has a maximum lux level of 3500, a significant upgrade from being the lowest in the league until last year.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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Kumar Sangakkara (BCCI Photo) JAIPUR: Rajasthan Royals\u2019 home ground, Sawai Mansingh Stadium, came under the spotlight during their clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad for some uncharacteristic dropped catches on the field. The issue sparked widespread discussion, with players and experts pointing to the stadium\u2019s newly installed floodlights as a likely factor. New LED floodlights were installed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}