With the new edition of IPL 2022 which is just 10 days far from having their first match played in Mumbai at Wankhede Stadium on 26th March 2022, there are many things that we bring you on this article today. This article will brief you on the highest-paid player in the TATA IPL contest for the year 2022.
After the auctions that were held on the 12th and 13th of February 2022, there were many new players who were bought by the teams. Looking at their forms, retention of many players was also necessary which caused a hefty sum of money in their pockets. The addition of two new teams this season had also changed the phase of the auction this time, so let’s take a look at the TATA IPL 2022 Highest-Paid Player
TATA IPL 2022 Highest-Paid Player
Talking about the players who will be earning huge amounts of money this season from IPL solely, here we have the list regarding the same. The loss included both domestic as well as international players who will earn a huge sum of money as a part of their IPL Salary. We also have mentioned the current team they will be playing for.
KL Rahul
- Lucknow Super Giants (pre-auction selection)
- 170 million rupees ($2.26m)
Virat Kohli
- Royal Challengers Bangalore (retained)
- 150m rupees ($2m)
Ravindra Jadeja
- Chennai Super Kings (retained)
- 160m rupees ($2.13m)
Rishabh Pant
- Delhi Capitals (retained)
- 160m rupees ($2.13m)
Rohit Sharma
- Mumbai Indians (retained)
- 160m rupees ($2.13m)
Ishan Kishan
- Mumbai Indians
- 152.5m rupees ($2.03m)
Hardik Pandya
- Gujarat Titans (pre-auction selection)
- 150m rupees ($2m)
Rashid Khan
- Gujarat Titans (pre-auction selection)
- 150m rupees ($2m)
Deepak Chahar
- Chennai Super Kings
- 140m rupees ($1.86m)
Kane Williamson
- Sunrisers Hyderabad (retained)
- 140m rupees ($1.86m)
Auction Details: Who was the most Expensive Buy, TATA IPL 2022?
After the auctions were concluded and all 204 players that were in the auction pool were bought by franchise teams, a tally was done regarding the highest and the most expensive bid of the player. It was noted that all10 franchises ended up spending a total of $73.25 million in order to have the services of these 204 players. Amongst these 204 players, Ishan Kishan was the most expensive bid.
Mumbai Indians were successful in buying him and snatched him for a worth of 152.5 million rupees ($2.03m). Another most expensive [layer that was noticed was the spin-bowling all-rounder, from England, Liam Livingston bought by Punjab Kings at 115 million rupees ($1.53m).