Kolkata Knight Riders team is currently the center of discussion because of Bangladeshi cricketer Mustafizur Rahman. In fact, recently the demand to stop Bangladeshi players from playing in IPL 2026 has gained momentum. Amidst this demand, discussion is also going on about fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman, who was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders in the auction for Rs 9.20 crore.

Critics have targeted the KKR franchise and its co-owner Shahrukh Khan for bidding on Rahman. Is only Shahrukh Khan the owner of KKR team? Know here who has a stake in the Knight Riders team.

Who has stake in KKR team?

There are two big group owners in Kolkata Knight Riders franchise. 55 percent stake of the team is with Red Chillies Entertainment Group, which is owned by Shahrukh Khan. The remaining 45 percent stake is held by Mehta Group, whose chairman is Jai Mehta, who is the husband of veteran Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla. That’s why many times Juhi Chawla is also seen cheering her team during matches.

• 55% – Red Chillies Entertainment
• 45% – Mehta Group

KKR is 3 time IPL champion

Kolkata Knight Riders has become IPL champion three times. It won the Indian Premier League title for the first time in the year 2012, where it defeated Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets in the final. After 2 years i.e. in IPL 2014, KKR once again reached the finals, where it faced the challenge of Punjab Kings. This time, Kolkata team defeated Punjab while chasing the target of 200 runs and won the IPL title for the second time.

Kolkata Knight Riders became champion for the third time in 2024. KKR, captained by Shreyas Iyer, had defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets in the final of IPL 2024.

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IPL 2025: The final match of IPL 2025 is to be held on June 3 between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings. On one side there is Preity Zinta’s team and on the other side there is a team of Virat Kohli.

Virat Kohli had shocked the fans a few days ago after retiring from tast cricket. In such a situation, his fans hope that he can win RCB to win the IPL Trophy for years.

His team RCB and Shah Rukh Khan’s team, held on May 17, the match between Kolkata Knight Riders has been canceled due to rain and due to this Shah Rukh Khan’s team was ruled out of the playoffs. That is, this time the biggest loss to Shah Rukh Khan, the team in front of the team was Virat Kohli’s team.

Now when the teams of Virat Kohli and Shah Rukh Khan are being talked about, they know about the earnings of both of them how much they earn from the IPL.

How much do Virat Kohli earn from IPL?

Virat Kohli is the highest salary cricketer from RCB. In 2008, Virat Kohli, who played IPL in a salary of just Rs 12 lakh, raised a salary of Rs 15 crore in 2022-24.

CNBC has written this by quoting Business Consultancy firm Taxology India. However, his salary has increased to Rs 21 crore this season. Virat has earned Rs 179.70 crore from all the seasons of IPL so far.

And where do Virat Kohli earn from?

The BCCI gives a salary of Rs 7 crore annually to Virat. Apart from this, he earns 6 lakh rupees to play ODIs. Used to earn 15 lakhs for the test and 3 lakhs for T20. However, Virat has retired from these two.

According to different media reports, Virat indors more than 30 brands. He has a deal of Rs 100 crore from MRF tires alone. Indorsment of brands like Minyantra, Pepsi, Nestle and Boost brings money to Virat.

Virat Kohli’s net worth

Virat Kohli has a net worth of about Rs 1050 crore in today’s time and the work of increasing his net worth makes money coming from his other investments such as restaurants and other businesses. However, a large part of it is of earning from IPL.

How much Shahrukh Khan earns from IPL

Shah Rukh Khan’s team, which won the IPL Trophy in the year 2024, earns more money than Virat Kohli every year. Every team of IPL also gets a share from the earnings that are from TV broadcasting and sponsorship.

Apart from this, Shah Rukh earns strong from franchise fees, event revenue and prize money as well as brand endorsement and match fees through his team.

Together, Shah Rukh Khan’s team earns up to Rs 250-270 crore every year. Shah Rukh Khan has a 55 percent stake in the team and if we remove the expenditure of about Rs 100 crore in the team, then Shah Rukh has Rs 70-80 crore.

A large part of the rest of the earnings goes to Juhi Chawla and her husband Jai Mehta who is a partner of Shahrukh.

And where does Shahrukh Khan earn from?

Shah Rukh Khan earns from Red Chillies Entertainment, a company associated with his own film production. Apart from this, he is the biggest star of Bollywood from where Shah Rukh Khan earns several hundred crores every year by charging a hefty fee for every film. Apart from this, Shah Rukh earns strongly through different brands.

Shahrukh Khan’s net worth

Esquire has recently taken out the list of top 10 richest actors in the world. In which Shah Rukh Khan is also named. Shahrukh comes at number four in this list, which is only a little behind Tom Cruise at number three. According to the list, King Khan’s net worth is $ 876.5 million, or about Rs 7497 crore.