Published 09:44 IST, August 30th 2020
Virat Kohli vs Rohit Sharma: IPL salary comparison over the years and 2020 earnings
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma pitted together to estimate where they stand against each other in terms of IPL compensation over the years.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are two stalwarts in their own regards. Both of them have become iconic for their respective Indian Premier League franchises. While Virat Kohli is the only player to represent a single franchise for all the seasons of IPL during his tenure with Royal Challengers Bangalore, the Mumbai Indians captain has also represented the now-defunct Deccan Chargers in the past.
Both the players are the highest-paid players of their respective teams and amongst players overall in IPL history when i comes to salaries. It will be interesting to pit them against each in terms of their IPL salaries to find out their growth and where they stand against each other.
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Rohit Sharma's IPL salary by year
Year Salary in INR
2008 3 Crores (Deccan Chargers)
2009 3 Crores (Deccan Chargers)
2010 3 Crores (Deccan Chargers)
2011 9.2 crores (Mumbai Indians)
2012 9.2 crores (Mumbai Indians)
2013 9.2 crores (Mumbai Indians)
2014 12.5 crores (Mumbai Indians)
2015 12.5 crores (Mumbai Indians)
2016 12.5 crores (Mumbai Indians)
2017 15 crores (Mumbai Indians)
2018 15 crores (Mumbai Indians)
2019 15 crores (Mumbai Indians)
2020 15 crores (Mumbai Indians)
Rohit Sharma is the most successful IPL captain in the history, having claimed the IPL title a record four times. He has 4,898 runs under his belt in 188 matches at a strike-rate over 130 and an average of 31.60. An interesting fact about Rohit Sharma's career is that he has a hat-trick to his name while playing for Deccan Chargers.
Virat Kohli's IPL salary so far
Year Salary in INR
2008 12 lakhs (RCB)
2009 12 lakhs (RCB)
2010 12 lakhs (RCB)
2011 8,28,00,000 (RCB)
2012 8,28,00,000 (RCB)
2013 8,28,00,000 (RCB)
2014 12,50,00,000 (RCB)
2015 12,50,00,000 (RCB)
2016 12,50,00,000 (RCB)
2017 12,50,00,000 (RCB)
2018 17,00,00,000 (RCB)
2019 17,00,00,000 (RCB)
2020 17,00,00,000 (RCB)
Virat Kohli is the highest-paid cricketer in the lucrative league. He has amassed a mammoth 5,412 runs in 177 appearances at a strike-rate of over 130 and a healthy average of 38. The star batsman, who also is the captain of his franchise, will look to clinch their first title in the IPL 2020.
In terms of salary, Kohli started off slower than Rohit since he hadn't made his India debut prior to the IPL 2008, which is why he was snapped up for just ₹12 lakh by RCB. Whereas Rohit was the key in helping India win the T20 World Cup 2007 and the historic CB tri-series in Australia in early 2008, which raised his stocks and bagged him a cool ₹3 crore deal with the Deccan Chargers for the first 3 seasons.
However, by 2014, Kohli had matched up to Rohit's salary at exactly ₹12.5 crore as both the players were the first to be retained by RCB and MI respectively, as they also were captaining their teams, being helped by the IPL's new player retention in salaries policy. But in 2018, Kohli went ahead of Rohit as RCB were ready to pay him ₹17 crore per season, which is the most for any player till date, while Rohit is being paid ₹15 crore per season, which is the same as his first captain and the CSK leader, MS Dhoni.
Virat Kohli's total IPL salary including the 2020 season will come up to ₹126.2 crore, while Rohit Sharma's total earnings from the tournament will add up to ₹134.1 crore, primarily due to earning way more in the first 6 seasons of the competition better than him.
IPL 2020
The league is slated to commence from September 19 and end on November 10. Considering the COVID-19 situation, this edition will be held in the UAE. All the franchises must comply with the stringent guidelines and SOPs laid out by the BCCI.
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Updated 09:44 IST, August 30th 2020