Sam Curran, the most expensive player as we look at the complete salary details of 243 players of all 10 teams for IPL 2023.
The Indian Premier League as we know is a money-centric tournament with most players earning money in two months, which they don’t even earn in a year. The year IPL 2023 seems to have taken the money game a step further with a few players earning record amounts.
The IPL 2023 Mini Auction saw three players being given the highest bid amount in IPL history. While Punjab Kings bought Sam Curran for INR 18.5 Cr, Mumbai Indians bought Cameron Green for INR 17.5 Cr, and CSK bought Ben Stokes for INR 16.25 Cr.
But, what about the salary of other players in IPL 2023? Well, this is exactly what we will find in this article. Also, for the simplicity of the article, we will bifurcate the salaries into three categories, viz., the Top 10 most expensive players, other top salaries players, and players purchased at a base price of INR 0.2 Cr.
#1: Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings have Ben Stokes as their most expensive player at a salary of 16.25 Cr. Overall, CSK have 4 players at a salary of more than 10 Cr including MS Dhoni at 12 Cr. Whereas CSK have 8 players with a salary at a base price of INR 0.2 Cr.
Top 10 Expensive Players for CSK:
Ben Stokes [INR 16.25 Cr], Ravindra Jadeja [16 Cr], Deepak Chahar [14 Cr], MS Dhoni [12 Cr], Moeen Ali [8 Cr], Ambati Rayudu [6.75 Cr], Ruturaj Gaikwad [6 Cr], Shivam Dube [4 Cr], Mitchell Santner [1.9 Cr] & Rajvardan Hangargekar [1.5 Cr]
Other Top Salary Players:
Prashant Solanki [INR 1.2 Cr], Kyle Jamieson [1 Cr], Devon Conway [1 Cr], Maheesh Theekshana [0.7 Cr], Nishant Sindhu [0.6 Cr], Dwaine Pretorius [0.5 Cr] & Ajinkya Rahane [0.5 Cr].
Selected at Base Price [INR 0.2 Cr]:
Ajay Mandal, Bhagath Varma, Shaik Rasheed, Subhranshu Senapati, Matheesha Pathirana, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh & Tushar Deshpande
#2: Delhi Capitals
Delhi Capitals have only Rishabh Pant at a salary of more than 10 Cr. Apart from Pant, who gets 16 Cr, the other 14 players of Delhi Capitals have a mean salary of 4.75 Cr. Whereas Delhi Capitals have only 4 players at a base price salary of INR 0.2 Cr.
Top 10 Expensive Players for Delhi Capitals:
Rishabh Pant [INR 16 Cr], Axar Patel [9 Cr], Prithvi Shaw [7.5 Cr], Mitchell Marsh [6.5 Cr], Anrich Nortje [6.5 Cr], David Warner [6.25 Cr], Mukesh Kumar [5.5 Cr], Khaleel Ahmed [5.25 Cr], Rilee Rossouw [4.6 Cr] & Chetan Sakariya [4.2 Cr]
Other Top Salary Players:
Rovman Powell [2.8 Cr], Manish Pandey [2.4 Cr], Kuldeep Yadav [2 Cr], Mustafizur Rahman [2 Cr], Phil Salt [2 Cr], Kamlesh Nagarkoti [1.1 Cr], Lalit Yadav [0.65 Cr], Yash Dhull [0.5 Cr], Ishant Sharma [0.5 Cr], Lungi Ngidi [0.5 Cr] & Pravin Dubey [0.5 Cr]
Selected at Base Price [INR 0.2 Cr]:
Ripal Patel, Sarfaraz Khan, Aman Khan & Vicky Ostwal
#3: Gujarat Titans
Gujarat Titans have only two players at a salary of more than 10 Cr, and those are Hardik Pandya and Rashid Khan at a salary of 15 Cr each. Barring these two, the other 12 players have a mean salary of 4.25 Cr. Other than that, Gujarat Titans also have 4 players at a base price of 2 Cr.
Top 10 Expensive Players for Gujarat Titans:
Hardik Pandya [15 Cr], Rashid Khan [15 Cr], Rahul Tewatia [9 Cr], Shubman Gill [8 Cr], Mohammed Shami [6.25 Cr], Shivam Mavi [6 Cr], Joshua Little [4.4 Cr], Yash Dayal [3.2 Cr], David Miller [3 Cr] & R Sai Kishore [3 Cr]
Other Top Salary Players:
Abhinav Manohar [2.6 Cr], Alzarri Joseph [2.4 Cr], Matthew Wade [2.4 Cr], Kane Williamson [2 Cr], Wriddhiman Saha [1.9 Cr], Jayant Yadav [1.7 Cr], Vijay Shankar [1.4 Cr], KS Bharat [1.2 Cr], Odean Smith [0.5 Cr], Mohit Sharma [0.5 Cr] & Noor Ahmad [0.3 Cr]
Selected at Base Price [INR 0.2 Cr]:
B Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Pradeep Sangwan & Urvil Patel
#4: Kolkata Knight Riders
KKR have Shreyas Iyer as their most expensive player at a salary of 12 Cr. Apart from him, KKR have four players at a salary of more than 10 Cr; joint most alongside CSK and RCB. Meanwhile, KKR also have only 4 players at a base price salary of 0.2 Cr.
Top 10 Expensive Players for KKR:
Shreyas Iyer [12.25 Cr], Andre Russell [12 Cr], Shardul Thakur [10.75 Cr], Lockie Ferguson [10 Cr], Venkatesh Iyer [8 Cr], Nitish Rana [8 Cr], Varun Chakravarthy [8 Cr], Sunil Narine [6 Cr], Umesh Yadav [2 Cr] & Shakib Al Hasan [1.5 Cr]
Other Top Salary Players:
Tim Southee [1.5 Cr], David Wiese [1 Cr], N Jagadeesan [0.9 Cr], Vaibhav Arora [0.6 Cr], Rinku Singh [0.55 Cr], Mandeep Singh [0.5 Cr], Litton Das [0.5 Cr] & Rahmanullah Gurbaz [0.5 Cr]
Selected at Base Price [INR 0.2 Cr]:
Harshit Rana, Anukul Roy, Kulwant Khejroliya & Suyash Sharma
#5: Lucknow Super Giants
Lucknow Super Giants have KL Rahul as their most expensive player at a salary of 17 Cr with Pooran and Avesh at a salary of more than 10 CR. Meanwhile, among the top 10 players of all 10 teams, only LSG have a salary of less than 1 Cr with K. Gowtham at 0.9 Cr.
Top 10 Expensive Players for LSG:
KL Rahul [17 Cr], Nicholas Pooran [16 Cr], Avesh Khan [10 Cr], Marcus Stoinis [9.2 Cr], Krunal Pandya [8.25 Cr], Mark Wood [7.5 Cr], Quinton de Kock [6.75 Cr], Deepak Hooda [5.75 Cr], Ravi Bishnoi [4 Cr] & Krishnappa Gowtham [0.9 Cr]
Other Top Salary Players:
Daniel Sams [0.75 Cr], Kyle Mayers [0.5 Cr], Romario Shephard [0.5 Cr], Jaydev Unadkat [0.5 Cr], Naveen Ul-Haq [0.5 Cr], Amit Mishra [0.5 Cr] & Yash Thakur [0.45 Cr]
Selected at Base Price [INR 0.2 Cr]:
Karan Sharma, Prerak Mankad, Swapnil Singh, Yudhvir Charak, Ayush Badoni, Manan Vohra, Mayank Yadav & Mohsin Khan
#6: Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians have 5 overseas players among their top 10 most expensive players list; the most for any team in IPL 2023. Cameron Green is MI’s most expensive player at a salary of 17.5 Cr. In addition, MI have 11 players at a base price salary of 0.2 Cr; the most among any team.
Top 10 Expensive Players for MI:
Cameron Green [17.5 Cr], Rohit Sharma [16 Cr], Ishan Kishan [15.25 Cr], Jasprit Bumrah [12 Cr], Tim David [8.25 Cr], Jofra Archer [8 Cr], Suryakumar Yadav [8 Cr], Dewald Brevis [3 Cr], Tilak Varma [1.7 Cr] & Jhye Richardson [1.5 Cr]
Other Top Salary Players:
Jason Behrendorff [0.75 Cr], Piyush Chawla [0.5 Cr] & Arjun Tendulkar [0.3 Cr]
Selected at Base Price [INR 0.2 Cr]:
Arshad Khan, Duan Jansen, Hrithik Shokeen, Nehal Wadhera, Ramandeep Singh, Shams Mulani, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Raghav Goyal, Tristan Stubbs & Vishnu Vinod
#7: Punjab Kings
Punjab Kings have the most expensive player in IPL history at a salary of 18.5 Cr. Apart from Sam, only Livingstone has a salary of more than 10 Cr. Meanwhile, PBKS have 6 players at a base price salary of 0.2 Cr.
Top 10 Expensive Players for Punjab Kings:
Sam Curran [18.5 Cr], Liam Livingstone [11.5 Cr], Kagiso Rabada [9.25 Cr], Shahrukh Khan [9 Cr], Shikhar Dhawan [8.25 Cr], Jonny Bairstow [6.75 Cr], Rahul Chahar [5.25 Cr], Arshdeep Singh [4 Cr], Harpreet Brar [3.8 Cr] & Raj Bawa [2 Cr]
Other Top Salary Players:
Nathan Ellis [0.75 Cr], Prabsimran Singh [0.6 Cr], Rishi Dhawan [0.55 Cr], Sikandar Raza [0.5 Cr], Bhanuka Rajapaksa [0.5 Cr] & Harpreet Bhatia [0.4 Cr]
Selected at Base Price [INR 0.2 Cr]:
Mohit Rathee, Atharva Taide, Shivam Singh, Baltej Singh, Vidwath Kaverappa & Jitesh Sharma
#8: Rajasthan Royals
Rajasthan Royals have their captain Sanju Samson as their most expensive player at a salary of 14 Cr. Other than him, only Prasidh Krishna and Jos Buttler have a salary of more than 10 Cr. Meanwhile, RR have 7 players at a base price salary of 0.2 Cr.
Top 10 Expensive Players for RR:
Sanju Samson [14 Cr], Prasidh Krishna [10 Cr], Jos Buttler [10 Cr], Shimron Hetmyer [8.5 Cr], Trent Boult [8 Cr], Devdutt Padikkal [7.75 Cr], Yuzvendra Chahal [6.50 Cr], Jason Holder [5.75 Cr], Ravichandran Ashwin [5 Cr] & Yashasvi Jaiswal [4 Cr]
Other Top Salary Players:
Riyan Parag [3.8 Cr], Navdeep Saini [2.6 Cr], Adam Zampa [1.5 Cr], Joe Root [1 Cr], Obed McCoy [0.75 Cr], Donavon Ferreira [0.5 Cr], KM Asif [0.3 Cr] & KC Kariappa [0.3 Cr]
Selected at Base Price [INR 0.2 Cr]:
Abdul Basith, Akash Vashist, Kunal Rathore, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Murugan Ashwin & Dhruv Jurel
#9: Royal Challengers Bangalore
RCB have Virat Kohli as their most expensive player at a salary of 15 Cr. But apart from Virat, RCB have three more players at a salary of more than 10 Cr in the form of Maxwell, Hasaranga, and Harshal Patel. Meanwhile, RCB have 5 players at a base price salary of 0.2 Cr.
Top 10 Expensive Players for RCB:
Virat Kohli [15 Cr], Glenn Maxwell [11 Cr], Wanindu Hasaranga [10.75 Cr], Harshal Patel [10.75 Cr], Josh Hazlewood [7.75 Cr], Faf du Plessis [7 Cr], Mohammed Siraj [7 Cr], Dinesh Karthik [5.5 Cr], Anuj Rawat [3.4 Cr] & Will Jacks [3.2 Cr]
Other Top Salary Players:
Shahbaz Ahmed [2.4 Cr], David Willey [2 Cr], Reece Topley [1.9 Cr], Mahipal Lomror [0.95 Cr], Finn Allen [0.8 Cr], Siddharth Kaul [0.75 Cr], Rajan Kumar [0.7 Cr], Avinash Singh [0.6 Cr], Karn Sharma [0.5 Cr] & Suyash Prabhudessai [0.3 Cr]
Selected at Base Price [INR 0.2 Cr]:
Manoj Bhandage, Sonu Yadav, Rajat Patidar, Akash Deep & Himanshu Singh
#10: Sunrisers Hyderabad
SRH are the only second team alongside Delhi Capitals to have only 1 player with a salary of more than 10 Cr. Apart from their most expensive player, Harry Brook, the other 14 players have a mean salary of 4.92 Cr. Meanwhile, SRH have 4 players at a base price salary of 0.2 Cr.
Top 12 Expensive Players for SRH:
Harry Brook [13.25 Cr], Washington Sundar [8.75 Cr], Rahul Tripathi [8.5 Cr], Mayank Agarwal [8.25 Cr], Abhishek Sharma [6.5 Cr], Heinrich Klaasen [5.25 Cr], Marco Jansen [4.2 Cr], Bhuvneshwar Kumar [4.2 Cr], Abdul Samad [4 Cr] & Kartik Tyagi [4 Cr], T Natarajan [4 Cr] & Umran Malik [4 Cr]
Other Top Salary Players:
Vivrant Sharma [2.6 Cr], Aiden Markram [2.6 Cr], Adil Rashid [2 Cr], Mayank Dagar [1.8 Cr], Glenn Phillips [1.5 Cr], Akeal Hosein [1 Cr], Fazalhaq Farooqi [0.5 Cr], Mayank Markande [0.5 Cr] & Upendra Yadav [0.25 Cr]
Selected at Base Price [INR 0.2 Cr]:
Samarth Vyas, Sanvir Singh, Anmolpreet Singh & Nitish Reddy
So, that’s about the official salary details for players of all 10 teams for IPL 2023.
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