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The Indian Premier League: The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 2024 mini-auction began a bidding war between Rajasthan Royal (RR) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), acquiring the services of West Indies batter Rovman Powell here on Tuesday.

In the first set of the auction that features capped batters, first player up for grabs is West Indies T20I captain Rovman Powell with a base price of 1 crore.

KKR opened the bidding for Powell as RR jumped in the fray and both the franchises engaged in a paddle war before the former bagged the services of the Windies batter for Rs 7.4 crore in the opening round.