The stakes are very high in India's T20 cricket set-up at the moment, with many players looking to make a mark with new teams in the ongoing Indian Premier League.
And while they attempt to win the biggest prize in franchise cricket, many are also hoping to catch the eye of the decision makers for a spot in the final squad for the T20 World Cup which takes place in India early next year.
For their efforts, almost all of them have been given fabulous contracts by their franchises.
The top Indian IPL players are some of the most well paid cricketers in the world, and on Monday many of them saw their wealth grow further as the Indian cricket board announced new central contracts.
According to an upgraded payment system, India's cricketers stand to earn as much playing international cricket, especially Test matches, as their counterparts who are mainly T20 and IPL players.
Players are divided into four categories in the central contract - Grade A+ which guarantees 70 million rupees ($820,000), Grade A (50m rupees), Grade B (30m rupees) and Grade C (10m rupees).
Beyond that, players receive 1.5 million rupees ($17,500) as match fees per Test, 600,000 rupees for an ODI and 300,000 rupees for a T20I.
Over and above that, players who focus mainly on Test cricket have a separate incentive scheme where they stand to earn an additional 4.5m rupees per Test if they feature in over 75% of the Test matches in a season.
All that amounts to substantial sums of money. Below is a list of salaries of the top Indian players, taking into account their IPL salary and national central contract amount. It must be noted that the list does not include match fees for international matches or IPL games.
Top salaries of Indian cricketers for 2025
1. Rishabh Pant: 270 million rupees (IPL) & 50m rupees (India contract) - Total contract 320m rupees ($3.74m)
2. Shreyas Iyer: 267.5m rupees (IPL) & 30m rupees (India) - 297.5m rupees ($3.48m)
3. Virat Kohli: 210m rupees (IPL) & 70m rupees (India) - 280m rupees ($3.27m)
=4. Ravindra Jadeja: 180m rupees (IPL) & 70m rupees (India) - 250m rupees ($2.92m)
=4. Jasprit Bumrah: 180m rupees (IPL) & 70m rupees (India) - 250m rupees ($2.92m)
6. Rohit Sharma: 163m rupees (IPL) & 70m rupees (India) - 233m rupees ($2.72m)
7. Shubman Gill: 165m rupees (IPL) & 50m rupees (India) - 215m rupees ($2.51m)
8. Hardik Pandya: 163.5m rupees (IPL) & 50m rupees (India) - 213.5m rupees ($2.5m)
9. Yashasvi Jaiswal: 180m rupees (IPL) & 30m rupees (India) - 210m rupees ($2.45m)
10. Axar Patel: 165m rupees (IPL) & 30m rupees (India) - 195m rupees ($2.28m)
11. Suryakumar Yadav: 163.5m rupees (IPL) & 30m rupees (India) - 193.5m rupees ($2.26m)
=12. KL Rahul: 140m rupees (IPL) & 50m rupees (India) - 190m rupees ($2.22m)
=12. Sanju Samson: 180m rupees (IPL) & 10m rupees (India) - 190m rupees ($2.22m)
=12. Arshdeep Singh: 180m rupees (IPL) & 10m rupees (India) - 190m rupees ($2.22m)
=12. Ruturaj Gaikwad: 180m rupees (IPL) & 10m rupees (India) - 190m rupees ($2.22m)
16. Mohammad Siraj: 122.5m rupees (IPL) & 50m rupees (India) - 172.5 rupees ($2m)
17. Kuldeep Yadav: 132.5m rupees (IPL) & 30m rupees (India) - 162.5 rupees ($1.9m)
=18. Abhishek Sharma: 140m rupees (IPL) & 10m rupees (India) - 150m rupees ($1.75m)
=18. Dhruv Jurel: 140m rupees (IPL) & 10m rupees (India) - 150m rupees ($1.75m)
20. Rinku Singh: 130m rupees (IPL) & 10m rupees (India) - 140m rupees ($1.63m)
A new relationship with the old country
Treaty of Friendship between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United Arab Emirates
The United kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United Arab Emirates; Considering that the United Arab Emirates has assumed full responsibility as a sovereign and independent State; Determined that the long-standing and traditional relations of close friendship and cooperation between their peoples shall continue; Desiring to give expression to this intention in the form of a Treaty Friendship; Have agreed as follows:
ARTICLE 1 The relations between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United Arab Emirates shall be governed by a spirit of close friendship. In recognition of this, the Contracting Parties, conscious of their common interest in the peace and stability of the region, shall: (a) consult together on matters of mutual concern in time of need; (b) settle all their disputes by peaceful means in conformity with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations.
ARTICLE 2 The Contracting Parties shall encourage education, scientific and cultural cooperation between the two States in accordance with arrangements to be agreed. Such arrangements shall cover among other things: (a) the promotion of mutual understanding of their respective cultures, civilisations and languages, the promotion of contacts among professional bodies, universities and cultural institutions; (c) the encouragement of technical, scientific and cultural exchanges.
ARTICLE 3 The Contracting Parties shall maintain the close relationship already existing between them in the field of trade and commerce. Representatives of the Contracting Parties shall meet from time to time to consider means by which such relations can be further developed and strengthened, including the possibility of concluding treaties or agreements on matters of mutual concern.
ARTICLE 4 This Treaty shall enter into force on today’s date and shall remain in force for a period of ten years. Unless twelve months before the expiry of the said period of ten years either Contracting Party shall have given notice to the other of its intention to terminate the Treaty, this Treaty shall remain in force thereafter until the expiry of twelve months from the date on which notice of such intention is given.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned have signed this Treaty.
DONE in duplicate at Dubai the second day of December 1971AD, corresponding to the fifteenth day of Shawwal 1391H, in the English and Arabic languages, both texts being equally authoritative.
Signed
Geoffrey Arthur Sheikh Zayed
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