Rovman Powell

His senior career gathered momentum early in 2015, when he collected the Man of the Match award on his List-A debut. A little more than a year afterwards he received his first West Indies call-up, for an ODI tri-series held in Zimbabwe. His T20I debut followed in 2017, against Pakistan in Bridgetown. While he became an established figure in the shortest international format, the source notes that his ODI career did not flourish because of poor performances.

Powell was important to Jamaica reaching the final of the 2016-17 Regional Super50, and Jamaica Tallawahs then chose him in the 6th round of the 2017 CPL draft. Later handed the Jamaica captaincy, he guided the side to the Super50 title in 2022. That year proved his most productive: he struck his maiden T20I century against England in the Caribbean, added half-centuries in India and against Bangladesh in the months that followed, and captained the Tallawahs to the CPL crown. Having stood in as West Indies skipper at times, he was given the T20I captaincy on a permanent basis in 2023 when Nicholas Pooran stepped aside.

In the IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders first signed him in 2018, though he did not play a match for them. Delhi Capitals bought him for INR 2.8 crores in 2022, and he contributed some brisk middle-order innings there. A 2024 spell with Rajasthan Royals fell short of hopes. He went back to Kolkata Knight Riders for IPL 2025 but appeared in only a couple of games, mostly deployed as a situational middle-order option rather than a regular finisher.