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In his opinion, the spin bowling assault of the Kolkata Knight Riders and former India player Aakash Chopra is the greatest of all the teams participating in the IPL 2024.
In his most recent YouTube video, when he was breaking down each of the 10 teams’ spin batteries, Chopra made this assertion.
He said that the two-time champions will benefit greatly from the combination of Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, and Suyash Sharma.
In the video, Aakash Chopra also requested that the KKR franchise create a slow-spinning song to support their spin trio.
He asserted that anytime he considers the team with the finest spin attack, his thoughts often turn to the Shreyas Iyer-led unit.
In the last two editions, the Knight Riders have placed lower than the top four, placing seventh in both 2022 and 2023.
The 46-year-old knowledgeable analyst praised each of the KKR spinners individually for their efficacy.
First, Chopra made the point that Sunil Narine, while not being a bowler who consistently takes wickets, is a highly useful bowler when it comes to his economy rate, which has been 6.73 since his 2012 debut.
Then, Aakash Chopra would reveal more about Varun Chakravarthy, who was once thought of as a mystery spinner, much like Narine.
After a lacklustre 2022 season, Chopra emphasised Chakravarthy’s outstanding 20-wicket performance in the IPL 2023.
Regarding Suyash Sharma, who took 10 wickets in his IPL debut last year, Chopra believes that KKR’s front-line spinners are all primed for the forthcoming campaign.
I don’t know why, but as soon as I think about spin, Kolkata comes to mind.
The plan for Kolkata is to create pitches that are spin-friendly. Sunil Narine, who consistently plays in the XI, is one of them. He does not take many wickets; in fact, he rarely takes four wickets, but he is always frugal.
“After that, they have Varun Chakaravarthy, a terrific bowler whose reputation unexpectedly increased last year and who was nothing short of extraordinary.
Next up is Suyash Sharma. Thus, these three top spinners will undoubtedly be included in the XI, according to Aakash Chopra’s most recent YouTube video.
In addition to Suyash, Chakravarthy, and Narine, KKR’s IPL 2024 roster includes two more spinners.
For a base fee of 20 lakhs, the East Indian company had signed Afghan leg-spinner Mujeeb-ur-Rahman for 2 crores, and uncapped local off-spinner Angkrish Raghuvanshi for 1 crore.
After Mitchell Starc was acquired for a record-breaking INR 24.75 crores, their pace bowling assault was even more established.
KKR team: Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer (c), Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Gus Atkinson, Sakib Hussain
Before travelling to Bangalore and Delhi, the two-time champions will kick up their IPL 2024 campaign on March 23 at Eden Gardens against the Sunrisers Hyderabad.
