Indian cricket salaries revealed: Who earns the most in 2025?

April 10, 2025 4 minutes Posted by - vegas11

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The 2025 Indian IPL cricket salary ranking has been released. Rishabh Pant, with an annual salary of Rs 27 crore, is the most expensive player this year.

There is also a list of IPL head coach salaries and Indian women's cricket player salaries. Come and see who earns the most.

Indian Cricket salaries Players Scale 2025

Ranking	Player name	Annual salary	Belonging to the team
1	Rishabh Pant	Rs 27 crore	LSG
2	Shreyas Iyer	Rs 26.75 crore	Punjab Kings
3	Venkatesh Iyer	Rs 23.75 crore	Kolkata Knight Riders
4	Heinrich Klaasen	Rs 23 crore	Sunrisers Hyderabad
5	Nicholas Pooran	Rs 21 crore	LSG
6	Virat Kohli	Rs 21 crore	RCB
7	Ruturaj Gaikwad	Rs 18 crore	CSK
8	Ravindra Jadeja	Rs 18 crore	CSK
9	Yuzvendra Chahal	Rs 18 crore	Punjab Kings
10	Arshdeep Singh	Rs 18 crore	Punjab Kings
11	Rashid Khan	Rs 18 crore	Gujarat Titans
12	Jasprit Bumrah	Rs 18 crore	Mumbai Indians
13	Pat Cummins	Rs 18 crore	Sunrisers Hyderabad
14	Sanju Samson	Rs 18 crore	Rajasthan Royals
15	Yashasvi Jaiswal	Rs 18 crore	Rajasthan Royals
16	Axar Patel	Rs 16.5 crore	Delhi Capitals
17	Shubman Gill	Rs 16.5 crore	Gujarat Titans
18	Suryakumar Yadav	Rs 16.35 crore	Mumbai Indians
19	Hardik Pandya	Rs 16.35 crore	Mumbai Indians
20	Rohit Sharma	Rs 16.3 crore	Mumbai Indians
21	Jos Buttler	Rs 15.75 crore	Gujarat Titans
22	KL Rahul	Rs 14 crore	Delhi Capitals
23	Abhishek Sharma	Rs 14 crore	Sunrisers Hyderabad
24	Travis Head	Rs 14 crore	Sunrisers Hyderabad
25	Riyan Parag	Rs 14 crore	Rajasthan Royals
26	Dhruv Jurel	Rs 14 crore	Rajasthan Royals
27	Kuldeep Yadav	Rs 13.25 crore	Delhi Capitals
28	Matheesha Pathirana	Rs 13 crore	CSK
29	Rinku Singh	Rs 13 crore	Kolkata Knight Riders
30	Trent Boult	Rs 12.5 crore	Mumbai Indians

Who is IPL highest paid?

Rishabh Pant bagged the highest-paid player in IPL 2025 at ₹270 Million
Shreyas Iyer followed at second
Venkatesh Iyer ranked third
Heinrich Klaasen ranked fourth
Nicholas Pooran ranked fifth along with Virat Kohli.

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Men Cricketer Salary：Top 1-Rishaba、Top 2-Shreyas

Men Cricketer Salary：Top 3-Venkatesh、Top 4-Heinrich

Men Cricketer Salary： Top 5-Nicholas、Top 6-Virat

Virat Kohli, a captain who won the U19 championship and ranked sixth in 2025 IPL revenue, expects an explosive performance from him this year.

What bonuses do IPL players receive apart from contract income?

In addition to the contract fee, each player's income will vary based on performance and personal development.

IPL winning bonuses and sponsorship and endorsement fees are omitted. Some teams will also set performance in the game as the bonus payment criteria. For example, there will be bonuses after winning the MVP of the game.

How much is the salary of an Indian IPL cricket head coach?

The annual salary of the top five IPL cricket head coaches in 2024 will fall between 30 and 40 million rupees. The head coach's salary is higher than many first-line players.

Salary of retired Indian cricketers

Retired cricketers can receive a monthly pension from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and former first-class male cricketers can receive a monthly pension ranging from 30,000 to 70,000 rupees.

Although it cannot be compared with the signing bonus during active service, it also provides a relative guarantee for the players' basic life in retirement.

What is the salary per match in IPL?

The 2024 IPL game salary is calculated based on one season, and the number of games played by the players is not calculated.

In 2025, IPL players will receive a "match appearance fee" in addition to their contract salary. It is currently known that each appearance fee is 9 million rupees, and this fee will be equally divided among the 12 players participating in the match.

How much are Ranji players' salaries in 2025?

Starting from the 2024-25 season, match fees for Mumbai Ranji players will be doubled; players who participate in the entire Ranji Trophy season are likely to earn around ₹750,000.

Players who have played more than 40 games will be charged INR 60,000 per day for regular matches and INR 30,000 per day for reserve teams.

Players who play 20-40 games will be charged INR 50,000 per day for regular matches and INR 25,000 per day for reserve teams.

Players who have played less than 20 games will be charged INR 40,000 per day for regular matches and INR 20,000 per day for reserve teams.

Indian Women Cricketer Salary 2025

Test matches cost Rs 15 lakh each and each player gets Rs 1.25 lakh.
ODIs cost Rs 6 lakh each and each player gets Rs 50,000.
T20Is are priced at Rs 3 lakh each and each player gets Rs 25,000.

The salary of Indian women's cricket players in 2025 is the contract signing fee plus the appearance fee of the game, and different salaries are provided in the three formats regulated by BSI.

Based on 10-14 games per season, an Indian cricketer with an A-level contract can get a salary of about 7 million rupees a year.

Harmanpreet Kaur, who has the highest net worth among female cricketers, is only worth 270 million rupees (including contracts, endorsements, and other assets), which is only equal to the income of a male player in one season.