{"id":22911,"date":"2025-12-16T20:13:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=672173"},"modified":"2025-12-16T20:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:43:13","slug":"ipl-2026-auction-kkr-buy-indian-pacer-akash-deep-for-rs-1-crore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026-auction-kkr-buy-indian-pacer-akash-deep-for-rs-1-crore\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026 auction: KKR buy Indian pacer Akash Deep for Rs 1 crore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"57\" data-end=\"272\">Kolkata Knight Riders have picked up <strong data-start=\"94\" data-end=\"127\">Indian fast bowler Akash Deep<\/strong> for <strong data-start=\"132\" data-end=\"146\">Rs 1 crore<\/strong> at the <strong data-start=\"154\" data-end=\"179\">IPL 2026 mini-auction<\/strong>, securing him at a modest price as they continued to strengthen their Indian pace resources.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"274\" data-end=\"605\">Akash Deep entered the auction after being released by <strong data-start=\"329\" data-end=\"360\">Royal Challengers Bengaluru<\/strong>, where he had featured across multiple seasons. Despite limited opportunities at the IPL level, the right-arm pacer has remained in contention due to his consistent domestic performances and ability to bowl disciplined spells with the new ball.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"607\" data-end=\"642\">Akash Deep\u2019s IPL journey so far<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"644\" data-end=\"895\">Akash Deep has played <strong data-start=\"666\" data-end=\"687\">eight IPL matches<\/strong>, picking up <strong data-start=\"700\" data-end=\"717\">seven wickets<\/strong>. While his numbers may not fully reflect his potential, he has often impressed with his control, seam movement, and ability to hit hard lengths, particularly in powerplay overs.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"897\" data-end=\"922\">Why KKR moved for him<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"924\" data-end=\"1208\">KKR\u2019s decision to sign Akash Deep for Rs 1 crore appears to be a <strong data-start=\"989\" data-end=\"1010\">depth-driven move<\/strong>, aimed at bolstering their Indian fast-bowling options. With injuries and workload management becoming crucial over a long season, Akash Deep offers a reliable backup who can step in when required.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1210\" data-end=\"1233\">A fresh opportunity<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1235\" data-end=\"1524\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">For Akash Deep, the move to KKR represents a chance to reset his IPL career and compete for a role in a revamped bowling unit. Under a new setup and with a clearly defined role, he will be looking to make a stronger impact in the <strong data-start=\"1465\" data-end=\"1484\">IPL 2026 season<\/strong> after a quiet spell in recent editions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kolkata Knight Riders have picked up Indian fast bowler Akash Deep for Rs 1 crore at the IPL 2026 mini-auction,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":31444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}