{"id":195842,"date":"2025-10-12T22:51:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T22:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/195842\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T22:51:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T22:51:27","slug":"kkr-should-release-venkatesh-iyer-and-target-these-three-players-ahead-of-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/195842\/","title":{"rendered":"KKR should release Venkatesh Iyer and target these three players ahead of auction"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Prithvi Shaw
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\nPrithvi Shaw. (Photo Source: Prithvi Shaw\/Instagram)<\/p>\n

Opening batter Prithvi Shaw could be a strong opening option for KKR in IPL 2026. After going unsold in the IPL 2025 auction despite his base price of INR 75 lakh, Shaw is looking for a turnaround in his career. The 25-year-old recently switched from Mumbai to Maharashtra in domestic cricket and began his stint with a 140-ball century against his former team during a practice match in Pune.<\/p>\n

Shaw’s ability to give strong starts can make him a potential asset for the Kolkata-based franchise, which has long sought a consistent Indian opener. Having scored 479 runs in his best IPL season (2021) and a strike rate of over 147 in the league, Shaw’s experience could perfectly connect with KKR’s approach at the top of the order in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1. Prithvi Shaw Prithvi Shaw. (Photo Source: Prithvi Shaw\/Instagram) Opening batter Prithvi Shaw could be a strong opening…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,57482,85372,85369,85371,101,56,54,55,85370],"class_list":{"0":"post-195842","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-ipl-2026-auction","10":"tag-kkr-ipl-2026-replacements","11":"tag-kkr-target-players","12":"tag-kkr-team-changes-2026","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom","17":"tag-venkatesh-iyer-release"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}