Akash Deep has become the second Indian pacer to be ruled out of IPL 2026 for Kolkata Knight Riders after Harshit Rana. Fear factor goneKKR’s bowling attack has come under much scrutiny and former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin thinks it no longer carries thesame aura of fear and the “novelty factor” around their mystery spinners. “I don’t think oppositions will be worried after looking at KKR’s bowling attack. I think the mystery factor, the novelty factor, and the fear, that particular facet, would have gone. “After the auction, I had said that KKR’s bowling attack is solid.

Source: The Telegraph March 22, 2026 02:37 UTC