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Nitish Rana/Sunil Narine and Alex Hales
KKR had a major middle-order problem last season, with all three of their big guns - Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik, and Andre Russell - failing. KKR have parted ways with two of them, with only Russell being retained. Venkatesh has slipped into the Indian T20 middle order seamlessly and the KKR think tank might want to play the batting allrounder in that position.
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KKR have a trump card in Sunil Narine who can open the batting. He is a player who hardly wastes balls and throws his bat at anything. If this seems too much of a risk, Rana can open the batting with Hales with Shreyas Iyer at 3, Venkatesh at No. 4 and Dre Rus at No. 5. Narine can easily act as a floater in this team, batting wherever required.
It is hard to imagine KKR moving Venkatesh from the opening slot where he has made his name. But this is an idea which has some merit to it.
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