Karachi Kings' David Warner, left, during a PSL match against Peshawar Zalmi. AFP
Karachi Kings' David Warner, left, during a PSL match against Peshawar Zalmi. AFP
Karachi Kings' David Warner, left, during a PSL match against Peshawar Zalmi. AFP
Karachi Kings' David Warner, left, during a PSL match against Peshawar Zalmi. AFP

Highest-paid cricketers of PSL 2025 including Warner, Babar and Shaheen


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The 10th edition of the Pakistan Super League has been an unforgettable one.

The tournament organisers decided to hold the league right in the middle of the Indian Premier League. The clash, which was earlier seen as a no-no for any franchise league, was fully embraced by the Pakistan Cricket Board and it seems to have paid off.

Moving the PSL owed much to the Champions Trophy that was held in Pakistan earlier in the year, and secondly due to the increasingly crowded schedule at the beginning of the year.

The PSL began on April 11 with six teams – Islamabad United, Karachi Kings, Quetta Gladiators, Multan Sultans, Peshawar Zalmi and Lahore Qalandars – fighting it out for the top prize.

There was a week-long interruption due to an unexpected but explosive conflict between India and Pakistan that threatened to upend not just cricket but normal life in both countries.

However, the conflict thankfully ended very soon, allowing the PSL to return and hold the last set of matches.

Upon PSL's return, Pakistan cricket fans came back to the stadiums in encouraging numbers, having earlier stayed away for most of the matches.

The PSL had gone to great lengths to ensure the tournament was held as smoothly as possible, even planning to relocate to the UAE at one point to complete the remaining fixtures.

They had earlier attempted to make the league as financially lucrative as possible, offering greater salaries to the top players with the hope that they would remain in the league and not switch to the IPL mid-tournament.

According to the Pakistan board, a separate fund of $1 million was created to pay the top players over and above what they would receive through the player draft, which has a salary cap.

Players in PSL were placed in five sections – platinum, diamond, gold, silver and emerging. The best overseas and local players are in the platinum category and receive the best remuneration.

Highest-paid players of PSL 2025

David Warner (Karachi Kings): $300,000

Daryl Mitchell (Lahore Qalandars): at least $220,000

Babar Azam (Peshawar Zalmi): $220,000

Fakhar Zaman (Lahore Qalandars): $220,000

Shaheen Afridi (Lahore Qalandars): $220,000

Saim Ayub (Peshawar Zalmi): $220,000

Naseem Shah (Islamabad United): $220,000

Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans): $220,000

Matthew Short (Islamabad United): $220,000

Shadab Khan (Islamabad United): $220,000

Michael Bracewell (Multan Sultans): $220,000

Kane Williamson (Karachi Kings): $220,000

Usama Mir (Multan Sultans): $220,000

Tom Kohler-Cadmore (Peshawar Zalmi): $220,000

Faheem Ashraf (Quetta Gladiators): $220,000

Finn Allen (Quetta Gladiators): $220,000

Mark Chapman* (Quetta Gladiators): $220,000

Adam Milne (Karachi Kings): $220,000

Abbas Afridi (Karachi Kings): $220,000

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Founded over 50 years ago, the National Archives collects valuable historical material relating to the UAE, and is the oldest and richest archive relating to the Arabian Gulf.

Much of the material can be viewed on line at the Arabian Gulf Digital Archive - https://www.agda.ae/en

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3. Hajj 

4. Shahada 

5. Zakat 

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Friday fixtures

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Countdown to Zero exhibition will show how disease can be beaten

Countdown to Zero: Defeating Disease, an international multimedia exhibition created by the American Museum of National History in collaboration with The Carter Center, will open in Abu Dhabi a  month before Reaching the Last Mile.

Opening on October 15 and running until November 15, the free exhibition opens at The Galleria mall on Al Maryah Island, and has already been seen at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

 

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September to November or March to May; this is when visitors are most likely to see what they’ve come for.

WHERE TO STAY:

Meghauli Serai, A Taj Safari - Chitwan National Park resort (tajhotels.com) is a one-hour drive from Bharatpur Airport with stays costing from Dh1,396 per night, including taxes and breakfast. Return airport transfers cost from Dh661.

HOW TO GET THERE:

Etihad Airways regularly flies from Abu Dhabi to Kathmandu from around Dh1,500 per person return, including taxes. Buddha Air (buddhaair.com) and Yeti Airlines (yetiairlines.com) fly from Kathmandu to Bharatpur several times a day from about Dh660 return and the flight takes just 20 minutes. Driving is possible but the roads are hilly which means it will take you five or six hours to travel 148 kilometres.

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