Biggest Price in IPL: Yesterday we saw a lot of uncapped players and rising stars getting retained. This saw exponential increases from their respective base prices. Here are 5 highest price increases!
5 Biggest Price Increases Retained Players
#5 – Arshdeep Singh (PBKS)
The left-arm seamer always had talent, but a decent run was missing. He got that in the 2021 season, as he ended up with 18 wickets in 12 games.
This meant that the PBKS franchise couldn’t let him go. So they retained for a price of INR 4 crores, which saw a 20 times rise from his 2021 salary of INR 20 lakhs!
#4 – Umran Malik (SRH)
The IPL always springs up these stories, and his is one such! Only making his debut in the last couple of games in a miserable 2021 season for SRH, Malik made heads turn with his sheer pace.
Fast forward to 30 November, the Orange Army have retained him for an amount of INR 4 crores, which is a 2,000% hike from his 2021 salary of INR 20 lakhs!
#3 – Abdul Samad (SRH)
SRH have shown great faith in another young talent from Kashmir in Samad. He is a hard-hitting cricketer, but is yet to leave his mark in the IPL.
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Maybe a 20 times rise in his salary from INR 20 lakhs to INR 4 crores might just be the catalyst he needs!
#2 – Ruturaj Gaikwad (CSK)
Gaikwad has been an absolute sensation ever since he got the opportunity with CSK. He played 16 games in IPL 2021 and scored 635 runs at an average of 45.35, and also won the Orange Cap (and the IPL trophy) with it!
CSK have rewarded him with a 30 times hike in salary, as he will now earn INR 6 crores in 2022 as compared to INR 20 lakhs in 2021.
#1 – Venkatesh Iyer (KKR)
Last season’s runners-up KKR’s big reason of turnaround in the UAE leg has been Venkatesh Iyer. The southpaw can stroke the big hits at the top, and can also bowl overs at crucial stages of the game!
It was only fitting that KKR reward him with a hefty retention price. So he now has a salary package of INR 8 crores in IPL 2022, which compared to his 2021 earnings of INR 20 lakhs is a 40 times increase!
So these are the top 5 players who have seen the biggest hikes in their IPL salary, after being retained!
