Royal Challengers Bangalore used to pay Rs 17 crore annually to Virat Kohli, but the franchise cut his salary last season.
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Virat Kohli is one of those legendary players who have not been able to lift the IPL trophy yet. MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma have won this title many times, but Kohli missed coming close to it many times. Despite this, she is the highlight of IPL. Without him, IPL would look like FIFA. As soon as Kohli takes his first step on the field, the entire stadium echoes with his name and when it rains fours and sixes from his bat, it is bound to double the noise.
All these reasons make Kohli the king of IPL. He is included in the list of expensive players of one of the biggest cricket in the world. From 2018 to 2021, Royal Challengers Bangalore gave him Rs 17 crore every season, but before the 2022 auction, Kohli agreed to a pay cut and agreed to pay Rs 15 crore annually. Now after the mini auction of IPL 2023 in the past, 9 such players came out, whose IPL salary is more than Kohli.
- In the mini auction, Punjab Kings bought Sam Karan with a record bid of Rs 18.5 crores. With this, Karan also became the most expensive player in IPL history. In 2021, his salary was only Rs 5.5 crore.
- The second player ahead of Kohli in terms of IPL salary is Cameron Green of Mumbai Indians, who will get Rs 17.5 crore this season.
- The highest earning Indian batsman in IPL 2023 will be KL Rahul, who will be given Rs 17 crore by Lucknow Super Giants.
- In terms of salary, the fourth player to overtake Virat Kohli is Ben Stokes, who was bought by Chennai Super Kings for 16.5 crores in the mini auction.
- Wicket-keeper batsman Nicholas Pooran, who joined Lucknow this time, will also get more money than Kohli, he was bought for 16 crores.
- Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma also has a name in salary more than Kohli. Mumbai, the most successful team of IPL, retained him for 16 crores.
- Ravindra Jadeja of Chennai Super Kings was also retained by Chennai for 16 crores.
- Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant has also gone ahead of Virat in terms of earning, he will get Rs 16 crore this season too, although Pant has also not been able to win the title for the team.
- Ishaan Kishan, the most expensive player of the last auction, is also ahead of Kohli. Ishaan was bought by Mumbai in the last auction for Rs 15.25 crore.