The thrill of IPL 2023 is about to begin again. The preparations of all the teams have now reached the final stage. The 16th season of IPL will start from March 31 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Meanwhile, experienced players from around the world will once again be seen in action. And at the same time the rain of rupees will also start on the players. IPL is also called Indian Money League. That is, the teams that select the player shower money on him. Do you know which player has earned the most in the 15 seasons of IPL played so far and how much? It will be very interesting to know.
So far 15 seasons of IPL have been played and now the 16th season will be played. In these 15 seasons, Rohit Sharma is the highest earner in IPL history. So much so that he has surpassed MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli. Neither MS Dhoni nor Virat Kohli is the highest paid player in the history of IPL. He is Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma. According to the report of Moneyball, Rohit Sharma has earned 178.6 crore rupees from IPL so far. Rohit Sharma previously played for Deccan Chasers when the team won the IPL title in the second season. After this he joined Mumbai Indians and after some time became the captain of MI. Rohit Sharma has led Mumbai Indians to five titles which is the most in the history of IPL.
After this the captain and the team which has captured the most IPL trophies is MS Dhoni’s team Chennai Superkings i.e. CSK. According to the report, MS Dhoni also comes second after Rohit Sharma in terms of earnings in IPL. He has earned Rs 176.84 crore from IPL so far. MS Dhoni has been playing continuously for Chennai Super Kings since the first IPL. In between he was suspended from CSK for two years after which he joined the Rising Pune Supergiants team but when he returned to the team two years later he became the captain of the team.
Virat Kohli comes third in terms of earnings in IPL. Then comes Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja. Former Team India and RCB captain Virat Kohli is yet to win a single title in the IPL but he is third in terms of earnings behind Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni. If we talk about Virat Kohli’s earnings, according to the report, it has reached 173.2 crore rupees. Virat Kohli has been playing IPL for RCB since IPS first. Earlier he was the captain but before IPL 2022 he himself announced to quit the captaincy. Now the team is in the hands of Faf du Plessis.
Coming to the fourth highest paid player after this is Suresh Raina who is no longer playing in IPL. His earnings so far are close to 110 crore rupees. On the other hand, at number five in this list is Ravindra Jadeja whose earnings are a little over Rs 109 crore. In between he became the captain of CSK but when the team’s performance was not good, he himself announced to quit the captaincy and MS Dhoni became the captain. Talking about now, Ravindra Jadeja is paid more than MS Dhoni by CSK team in IPL.