After a really, really long time, there is another IPL trade rumor that has surfaced. Team KKR had a disastrous season in IPL 2025, where they managed to last just eighth in the table, with 5 victories and seven defeats. Ajinkya Rahane was decent as captain, whereas his understudy, Venkatesh Iyer who was snapped up for INR 23.75 Cr, also had a poor outing. KKR not sure about Ajinkya Rahane & Venkatesh Iyer? So, according to the latest, KKR is keen on appointing a new skipper for IPL 2026. But then his batting statistics were just good, as he went on to make 390 off 13 matches at an average of 35, and a strike rate of 147. That means, the team could very well be seeking the services of their veteran player Rinku Singh, to become the captain of the team. Apart from that, KKRVibe posted on X, that the management of the team remains uncertain regarding Venkatesh Iyer's future. The VC is no longer employed as a fast bowler, and his batting failed, with him scoring just 142 runs in 11 games. Those were taken at a figure of 20, where his best was 60. Young Angkrish Raghuvanshi in leading role? His release, if anything, might provide KKR with sufficient funds to acquire two additional value players, of course without any confirmation of that sort still. In between, there were reports saying that young batsman Angkrish Raghuvanshi, who is a member of the team since 2024, might be in the running for a leadership position as well. KKR IPL 2025 Full Squad Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Venkatesh Iyer (Rs. 23.75 crore), Quinton de Kock (Rs. 3.60 crore), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Rs. 2 crore), Anrich Nortje (Rs. 6.50 crore), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Rs. 3 crore), Vaibhav Arora (Rs. 1.80 crore), Mayank Markande (Rs. 30 lakh), Rovman Powell (Rs. 1.50 crore), Manish Pandey (Rs. 75 lakh), Spencer Johnson (Rs. 2.80 crore), Luvnith Sisodia (Rs. 30 lakh), Ajinkya Rahane (Rs. 1.50 lakh), Anukul Roy (Rs. 40 lakh), Moeen Ali (Rs. 2 crore), Umran Malik (Rs. 75 lakh).