Shah Rukh Khan KKR Income: The mega auction of the Indian Premier League 2025 is taking place on 24 and 25 November (IPL 2025 Mega Auction) in Jeddah. Earlier, businessman Lalit Modi has made a big claim about Bollywood king Shah Rukh Khan and his IPL team. Lalit Modi told that Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team was the second choice for Shahrukh. He earlier wanted to buy Mumbai Indians in IPL, but Mukesh Ambani had bought this team. However, Shahrukh’s KKR is also a famous and powerful team of IPL. This team has won the IPL title three times (KKR IPL Trophy List).
For how much did Shahrukh buy KKR team?
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Let us tell you that Indian Premier League (IPL) was started in the year 2008. The 18th season of this tournament will be played in 2025. Bidding for the teams had started even before the start of the IPL league and during this time many big and famous businessmen and film personalities had shown interest in buying these teams. Shahrukh Khan also decided to buy a team for IPL and bought the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team. Although he first wanted to become the owner of Mumbai Indians team, he had to be satisfied with KKR.
He bought this team along with his friend and film actress Juhi Chawla for Rs 570 crore. KKR had won the IPL trophy with its excellent performance in the years 2012, 2014 and 2024. The last season was captained by Shreyas Iyer, however, the team has released its captain before the IPL 2025 auction. Now KKR is looking for a new captain.
How much does Shah Rukh Khan earn from KKR (Shah Rukh Khan IPL Income)
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Apart from films, Shahrukh Khan also earns a lot from IPL. Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner King Khan earns a lot through this team in the form of brand endorsement, match fees, franchise fees, BCCI event revenue and prize money. Although it has not been officially revealed how much he earns from this, but according to media reports, Shahrukh earns around Rs 250 to 270 crores from his team every year. However, he also spends a lot on his team every year. Around Rs 100 crore is spent on the team. This amount is spent on buying and management of players.
