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IPL 2026: Batting Riches, Fast Bowling Worries Cloud Kolkata Knight Riders Build-up
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Three-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders, with a new head coach in Abhishek Nayar, along with Shane Watson and Tim Southee joining in, are building up to Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 with a curious look – the batting riches look formidable on paper, yet their fast-bowling department looks a touch weak.
The retirement of Andre Russell - the heartbeat of their middle-order and death-bowling plans - has created a void that the management has attempted to fill with the most expensive overseas signing in IPL auction history in Cameron Green. IANS has a look at how KKR are building up to IPL 2026: -
Strength: What remains at the core of KKR is a spin attack of genuine world-class quality. The pairing of Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy is a potent spin-bowling combination in the competition. In IPL 2025, KKR's spin unit recorded the best economy rate in the league at 7.9 RPO and claimed the second-highest wicket tally among spin departments with 36 wickets.
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