Kolkata Knight Riders owner and actor Shahrukh Khan did not want to buy the team. This has also been disclosed by a big businessman for which he also gave the reason.
To get more information related to why Shahrukh Khan wanted to buy this team instead of KKR and what was the reason, you will have to read this article till the end.
Businessman Lalit Modi reveals that Shahrukh Khan wanted to buy this team, which is not Kolkata Knight Riders!

IPL’s winning team Kolkata Knight Riders is known for its strong players and driving strategy, due to which it has always shown excellent performance in every season. However, a big statement came out regarding Kolkata Knight Riders owner Shahrukh Khan. The person giving this statement is none other than businessman Lalit Modi who has said that Mumbai Indians was Shahrukh Khan’s first choice. And Shahrukh Khan wanted to buy this team instead of Kolkata Knight Riders.
IPL started in 2008 and even before that, many big businessmen and film personalities had made a strategy to buy their teams, Mumbai Indians team was the first choice of Shahrukh Khan. So Shahrukh Khan wanted to buy this team.

The reason behind Shahrukh Khan not buying Mumbai Indians was Mukesh Ambani who had already made Mumbai Indians his name by making a big bid and after this Shahrukh Khan’s second choice was Kolkata Knight Riders. Actor Shahrukh Khan and actress Juhi Chawla partnered to buy Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 570 crore.
Lalit Modi also praised the actor for being the owner of Shahrukh Khan’s Kolkata Knight Riders and their victory in three seasons. Lalit Modi said that due to Shahrukh Khan being the owner of Kolkata Knight Riders, many of his strategies have been successful in giving confidence to the team players and making the team victorious. Let us tell you that Kolkata Knight Riders have won the IPL title in the years 2012, 2014 and 2024.

This player joined KKR in IPL Auction 2025, earned more than 20 crores!
Kolkata Knight Riders had retained about six players in the retention program in which Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Varun Chakraborty, Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh were retained.
Kolkata Knight Riders had entered the IPL Auction 2025 program with a purse value of Rs 51 crore. Kolkata Knight Riders took time to find their important players but now the list of players bought by KKR in the IPL Auction 2025 has come out.
Let us tell you that Kolkata Knight Riders first bought Venkatesh Iyer, who is said to be an all-rounder, at a huge price of Rs 23.75 crore in the IPL 2025 auction. After this, Kolkata Knight Riders bought Anrich Nortje for Rs 6.5 crore and Quinton de Kock for Rs 3.60 crore with the remaining amount. Last but not the least, Rahmanullah Gurbaz was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 2 crore and included in the team.
Why did Kolkata Knight Riders once again pay so much money for Venkatesh? The reason has been a great performance!

Kolkata Knight Riders have started trying to buy Venkatesh Iyer at his base price of Rs 2 crore in the IPL Auction 2025 event. Lucknow Supergiants joined this race and placed the last bid at Rs 7.50 crore. In the end, Venkatesh Iyer was bought back into the team by Kolkata Knight Riders at a huge price of Rs 23.75 crore.
However, the fans will not understand why Venkatesh was bought back into the Kolkata Knight Riders team at such a high price. The reason for this is Venkatesh Iyer’s excellent performance in the last IPL season.
Let us tell you that Venkatesh has played many brilliant innings for Kolkata Knight Riders. KKR team won the 2024 IPL title and Venkatesh Iyer had the biggest contribution in it. While playing in the final match of Kolkata Knight Riders in the year 2024 IPL season, Venkatesh played a brilliant inning of 52 runs in 26 balls, due to which the team was successful in achieving the target of 114 runs in 10.3 overs.
Not only this, even in the 2021 IPL season, while playing the final match for Kolkata Knight Riders, Venkatesh Iyer had played an inning of 50 runs in 32 balls but the title was won by Chennai Super Kings. Not only this, he also played a brilliant season of 370 runs in the IPL 2024 season.
That is why Kolkata Knight Riders took the important decision of including Venkatesh Iyer in the team by purchasing him at a price higher than his base price.
FAQ’S Related to IPL Auction 2025 and Kolkata Knight Riders
Q – Who are the players in KKR squad now?

Kolkata Knight Riders’ full squad for IPL 2025 includes players like Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Anrich Nortje, Rahmanullah Gurbaz etc.
Q – What is the purse for IPL 2025?

IPL 2025 auction purse value is estimated at Rs 120 crore.
Q – Which players did KKR buy?

In IPL 2025, Kolkata Knight Riders have bought Venkatesh Iyer,Anrich Nortje, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Quinton de Kock.
Q – Who is the best player of KKR?

The best player of Kolkata Knight Riders was Gautam Gambhir.
Q – Who is the real owner of KKR?

The real owners of Kolkata Knight Riders are actor Shahrukh Khan and actress Juhi Chawla.
Q – Who is the main bowler of KKR?

Sunil Narine is said to be the main bowler of Kolkata Knight Riders.
Q – What is the Reason that Shahrukh Khan wanted to buy this team of IPL.

Shahrukh Khan wanted to buy this team (mumbai Indians) instead of Kolkata Knight Riders. Because Mumbai Indians was the first choice of him.
Conclusion
In this article, we have given you information related to the players purchased by Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2025. Apart from this, we also learned in this article that Mumbai Indians team was Shahrukh Khan’s first choice. And Shahrukh Khan wanted to buy this team instead of Kolkata Knight Riders.
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