IPL reveals salary details of retained players, Virat Kohli tops list with Rs 15 crore
RCB captain Virat Kohli gets Rs 15 crore as the IPL salary. (Source: IPL)
The Indian Premier League on Wednesday released a list of the actual salaries of the retained players for the ninth season of the league.
RCB captain Virat Kohli has the highest salary with Rs 15 crore followed by SRH’s Shikhar Dhawan and MS Dhoni, who was drafted by the new Pune franchise. Both India players earn Rs 12.5 crore.
Dhoni was earlier with CSK, a team which was banned for two years alongwith Rajasthan Royals.
Here is the complete list of players and their actual salaries:
David Miller (KXIP)
Purse deduction – Rs 125,000,000.00
Actual salary – Rs 50,000,000.00
Manan Vora India (KXIP)
Purse deduction – Rs 40,000,000.00
Actual salary – Rs 3,500,000.00
Gautam Gambhir (KKR)
Purse deduction – Rs 125,000,000.00
Actual salary – Rs 100,000,000.00
Sunil Narine (KKR)
Purse deduction – Rs 95,000,000.00
Actual salary – Rs 80,000,000.00
Rohit Sharma (MI)
Purse deduction – Rs 125,000,000.00
Actual salary – Rs 115,000,002.00
Keiron Pollard (MI)
Purse deduction – Rs 95,000,000.00
Actual salary – Rs 97,000,000.00
Lasith Malinga (MI)
Purse deduction – Rs 75,000,000.00
Actual salary – Rs 81,000,000.00
Harbhajan Singh (MI)
Purse deduction – Rs 55,000,000.00
Actual salary – Rs 80,000,000.00
Ambati Rayudu (MI)
Purse deduction – Rs 40,000,000.00
Actual salary – Rs 60,000,000.00
Virat Kohli (RCB)
Purse deduction – Rs 125,000,000.00
Actual salary – Rs 150,000,000.00
A B deVillers (RCB)
Purse deduction – Rs 95,000,000.00
Actual salary – Rs 95,000,000.00
Chris Gayle (RCB)
Purse deduction – Rs 75,000,000.00
Actual salary – Rs 84,000,000.00
Shikhar Dhawan (SRH)
Purse deduction – Rs 125,000,000.00
Actual salary – Rs 125,000,000.00
M S Dhoni (Team Pune)
Purse deduction – Rs 125,000,000.00
Actual salary – Rs 125,000,000.00
Ajinkya Rahane (Team Pune)
Purse deduction – Rs 95,000,000.00
Actual salary – Rs 80,000,000.00
R Ashwin (Team Pune)
Purse deduction – Rs 75,000,000.00
Actual salary – Rs 75,000,000.00
Steven Smith (Team Pune)
Purse deduction – Rs 55,000,000.00
Actual salary – Rs 40,000,000.00
Faf du Plessis (Team Pune)
Purse deduction – Rs 40,000,000.00
Actual salary – Rs 47,500,000.00
Suresh Raina (Team Rajkot)
Purse deduction – Rs 125,000,000.00
Actual salary – Rs 95,000,000.00
Ravindra Jadeja (Team Rajkot)
Purse deduction – Rs 95,000,000.00
Actual salary – Rs 55,000,000.00
Brendon McCullum (Team Rajkot)
Purse deduction – Rs 75,000,000.00
Actual salary – Rs 32,500,000.00
James Faulkner (Team Rajkot)
Purse deduction – Rs 55,000,000.00
Actual salary – Rs 51,000,000.00
Dwayne Bravo (Team Rajkot)
Purse deduction – Rs 40,000,000.00
Actual salary – Rs 40,000,000.00
