Kohli the highest-paid cricketer in IPL
Royal Challengers Bangalore will pay Virat Kohli Rs 15 crore
(approximately USD 2.26 million), a bigger amount than the Rs 12.5 crore
(USD 1.89 million) that will be deducted from their salary purse © BCCI
Virat Kohli is the highest-paid cricketer in the IPL, according to salary figures released by the league on Friday.
While Kohli will cost his franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore Rs 12.5
crore (approximately USD 1.89 million) from their salary purse, they
will actually pay him Rs 15 crore (USD 2.26 million). MS Dhoni, for long
believed to be the most expensive IPL cricketer, will be paid USD 1.89
million, which is equal to his purse deduction, by the Pune franchise.
Pune secured Dhoni in a
draft of players who were part of the suspended Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals franchises.
Apart from Royal Challengers, who are paying Kohli and Chris Gayle more
than the purse deduction, Mumbai Indians are paying Harbhajan Singh,
Lasith Malinga and Ambati Rayudu more than the purse deduction they
result in.
However, contrary to the general perception that quite a few players
used to get paid much more than the official purse deduction, quite a
few have actually taken big cuts. Manan Vohra, retained by Kings XI
Punjab, will get less than 10% of his Rs 4 crore (USD 600,000) purse
deduction. Rohit Sharma, Gautam Gambhir and David Miller are among those
getting paid less than the purse deduction they are responsible for.
Each franchise is required to spend a minimum of Rs 40 crore (USD 6
million) but not more than Rs 66 crore (USD 9.96 million) on their
squad. However, when the franchise retains players, the purse-deduction
slots are what are considered for the purpose of calculation of what it
can and should spend.
Kings XI are thus keen on saving money; after negotiating the salary
with Vohra, they can actually spend far less than USD 600,000 on him.
However, they will still lose USD 600,000 from their purse ahead of the
auction. Royal Challengers, on the other hand, don't seem to mind
spending extra.
In the case of former Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals players,
though, the new franchises didn't have any room to negotiate. The BCCI
had assured the players left without teams but drafted by the two new
teams they would be paid the same amount as they were earning earlier.
So while Ravindra Jadeja might take away Rs 9.5 crore (USD 1.43 million)
from Rajkot's purse, he will actually get only Rs 5.5 crore (USD 0.83
million).
Actual Salary details of retained players
Sr. No Team Player Country Purse Deduction (INR) Actual Salary (INR) 1 KXIP David Miller South Africa 12,50,00,000 5,00,00,000 2 KXIP Manan Vohra India 4,00,00,000 35,00,000 3 KKR Gautam Gambhir India 12,50,00,000 10,00,00,000 4 KKR Sunil Narine West Indies 9,50,00,000 8,00,00,000 5 MI Rohit Sharma India 12,50,00,000 11,50,00,002 6 MI Kieron Pollard West Indies 9,50,00,000 9,70,00,000 7 MI Lasith Malinga Sri Lanka 7,50,00,000 8,10,00,000 8 MI Harbhajan Singh India 5,50,00,000 8,00,00,000 9 MI Ambati Rayudu India 4,00,00,000 6,00,00,000 10 RCB Virat Kohli India 12,50,00,000 15,00,00,000 11 RCB AB de Villers South Africa 9,50,00,000 9,50,00,000 12 RCB Chris Gayle West Indies 7,50,00,000 8,40,00,000 13 SRH Shikhar Dhawan India 12,50,00,000 12,50,00,000 14 Team Pune MS Dhoni India 12,50,00,000 12,50,00,000 15 Team Pune Ajinkya Rahane India 9,50,00,000 8,00,00,000 16 Team Pune R Ashwin India 7,50,00,000 7,50,00,000 17 Team Pune Steven Smith Australia 5,50,00,000 4,00,00,000 18 Team Pune Faf du Plessis South Africa 4,00,00,000 4,75,00,000 19 Team Rajkot Suresh Raina India 12,50,00,000 9,50,00,000 20 Team Rajkot Ravindra Jadeja India 9,50,00,000 5,50,00,000 21 Team Rajkot Brendon McCullum New Zealand 7,50,00,000 3,25,00,000 22 Team Rajkot James Faulkner Australia 5,50,00,000 5,10,00,000 22 Team Rajkot Dwayne Bravo West Indies 4,00,00,000 4,00,00,000
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