His squad finished sixth last year, failing to qualify for the Playoffs for the first time since 2021.
Now under new ownership and rebranded as Vida Kovai Kings, Shahrukh feels the team has all the ingredients to get back to winning ways.
“I always want to pick a young team, and we’ve done that this year as well. It’s a new face to the franchise with new owners. We all feel that we have a team which can qualify. After that, it is just one game at a time,” said Shahrukh at the jersey unveiling event on Tuesday.
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The key to the Kings’ success had been a settled core group of players that helped them win titles in 2022 (shared with Chepuak Super Gillies) and 2023, while finishing runner-up in 2024.
Having lost some of its key members at last year’s auction, Shahrukh said the team is focused on building another core group to take the outfit forward with the likes of R.S. Amrbish, who was part of the India under-19 World Cup-winning squad earlier in the year.
“Yeah, it is good to have people from under-19s to come and play. They’ve seen the pressure. They’ve played finals in under-19s. Obviously, this pressure is a bit more than what it is there. But still, these guys respond well to any situation that’s given to them,” Shahrukh remarked.
Published on Jul 29, 2026
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