Shah Rukh Khan's Kolkata Knight Riders has retained former West Indies captain Rovman Powell for Rs 1.5 crore ahead of IPL 2026 season. Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan is owner of Kolkata Knight Riders franchise in IPL. (Photo: IANS)

Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan co-owned Kolkata Knight Riders are heading into the IPL 2026 mini auction on December 16 with the biggest purse of Rs 64.3 crore. They have released high profile cricketers like Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Quinton de Kock but one of the 12 players they have retained is former West Indies T20 captain Rovman Powell.

He was bought for Rs 1.5 crore by Shah Rukh Khan’s KKR at the IPL 2025 mega auction last year. Powell only played in a couple of matches for KKR in IPL 2025 earlier this year but with Russell d

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