Rovman Powell (born 23 July 1993) is a Jamaican cricketer who plays for the West Indies cricket team and is former captain in

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s. In December 2018, he captained the West Indies for the first time in a

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(ODI) match against Bangladesh. Domestically, he has played for

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, the Combined Campuses and Colleges, and the

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Early life

Powell was born on 23 July 1993 in

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. He grew up in the Bannister area of Old Harbour Bay with his mother Joan Plumar and younger sister; his father abandoned his mother before he was born. Powell grew up in relative poverty, looking after his sister as his mother worked multiple jobs. He attended Old Harbour High School, also working as a goat-herder for a period of time. He later won a sports scholarship to the

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, where he studied geography and social studies.

Domestic career

Powell made his

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debut in January 2015, playing for the Combined Campuses against

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in the 2014–15 Regional Super50. He took 3/20 and scored 31 runs on debut, and was named

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. Powell made his first-class debut in the

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, playing for Jamaica against Guyana. For the 2015–16 Regional Super50, he returned to the Combined Campuses. In his team's final two matches, he scored twin half-centuries, 71 against the

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and 63 not out against Guyana. He played a key role in Jamaica's march to the final of the 2016-17 Regional Super50. In the semi-final against

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, he smashed 95 runs from 45 balls (including 9 sixes and 6 fours), before taking 5-36; these were both career-best List A performances, leading to him being named

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. He was then selected by the

in the 6th round of the 2017 CPL player draft. In October 2018,

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(CWI) awarded him a white-ball contract for the 2018–19 season. In October 2019, he was named as the captain of Jamaica's squad for the

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tournament. He was the leading run-scorer for Jamaica in the tournament, with 412 runs in eight matches.

T20 franchise career

In February 2017, he was bought by the

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team for the

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for 30

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s. In October 2018, he was named in the squad for the Dhaka Dynamites team, following the draft for the

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. In July 2020, he was named in the

squad for the

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. In April 2021, he was signed by

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to play in the rescheduled matches in the

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. In November 2021, he was selected to play for the

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following the players' draft for the

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. In February 2022, he was bought by the

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for the

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tournament and

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for the 2023 season. After being

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by the

ahead of the

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season, Powell was purchased by the

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for 7.4 crores during the IPL 2024 auction.

International career

He made his

(ODI) debut in the second match of the tri-series, against Sri Lanka. He made his

(T20I) debut for the West Indies against Pakistan on 26 March 2017. In February 2018, the

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(ICC) named Powell as one of the ten players to watch ahead of the

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tournament. Following the conclusion of the Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament, the ICC named Powell as the rising star of the West Indies' squad. When the West Indies toured Bangladesh in December 2018, he was named as captain of the ODI squad of West Indies. In January 2022, in the third match against England, Powell scored his first century in T20I cricket, with 107 runs from 53 balls. In 2023, Powell was made captain of West Indies T20i side replacing Nicholas Pooran after their disappointing ICC T20 WC2022 campaign. Under his captaincy, team has played 3 bilateral series winning all three i.e 2-1 v SA, 3-2 v IND, 3-2 v ENG. In 2024, Powell was drafted by Trent Rockets to play in The Hundred. In May 2024, he was named captain of the West Indies squad for the

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tournament.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Powell, Rovman 1993 births Living people West Indies One Day International cricketers West Indies Twenty20 International cricketers Combined Campuses and Colleges cricketers Jamaica cricketers Jamaican cricketers Jamaica Tallawahs cricketers Barbados Royals cricketers Delhi Capitals cricketers Jamaican expatriate cricketers in Bangladesh Jamaican expatriate cricketers in India Jamaican expatriate cricketers in Pakistan Rajasthan Royals cricketers Trent Rockets cricketers Cricketers from Saint Catherine Parish Kolkata Knight Riders cricketers