The Indian cricket team are arguably the best team in the world right now. Under the leadership of Virat Kohli, team India have slowly and surely climbed up the ladder and have now reached the apex of world cricket.
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All this on-field success has given the Indian cricketers the sort of adulation and respect that most people can only dream of. And of course, having become the best team in the world the cricketers are given handsome monetary benefits.
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While we already know that Virat Kohli is one of the highest paid cricketers in the world, what about the other stars in the team?
These are the central contract salaries that were released for the 2015-16 season.
Central Contract 2015-2016: Indian Cricketers Salary
Amit Mishra, Axar Patel, Stuart Binny, Wriddhiman Saha, Mohit Sharma – Retainer Fee- Rs 25 lakh, Test Fee- Rs 3 lakh, ODI Fee- Rs 2 lakh, T20I Fee- Rs 1.5 lakh
Vinay Kumar, Varun Aaron, Karn Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja – Retainer Fee- Rs 25 lakh, Test Fee- Rs 3 lakh, ODI Fee- Rs 2 lakh, T20I Fee- Rs 1.5 lakh
KL Rahul, Dhawal Kulkarni, Harbhajan and Sreenath Aravind – Retainer Fee- Rs 25 lakh, Test Fee- Rs 3 lakh, ODI Fee- Rs 2 lakh, T20I Fee- Rs 1.5 lakh
Suresh Raina – Retainer Fee- Rs 50 lakh, Test Fee- Rs 3 lakh, ODI Fee- Rs 2 lakh, T20I Fee- Rs 1.5 lakh
Shikhar Dhawan – Retainer Fee- Rs 50 lakh, Test Fee- Rs 3 lakh, ODI Fee- Rs 2 lakh, T20I Fee- Rs 1.5 lakh
Rohit Sharma – Retainer Fee- Rs 50 lakh, Test Fee- Rs 3 lakh, ODI Fee- Rs 2 lakh, T20I Fee- Rs 1.5 lakh
Mohammed Shami – Retainer Fee- Rs 50 lakh, Test Fee- Rs 3 lakh, ODI Fee- Rs 2 lakh, T20I Fee- Rs 1.5 lakh
Ambati Rayudu, Murali Vijay, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, and Cheteshwar Pujara – Retainer Fee- Rs 50 lakh, Test Fee- Rs 3 lakh, ODI Fee- Rs 2 lakh, T20I Fee- Rs 1.5 lakh
Virat Kohli – Retainer Fee- Rs 1 crore, Test Fee- Rs 5 lakh, ODI Fee- Rs 3 lakh, T20I Fee- Rs 1.5 lakh
Ajinkya Rahane – Retainer Fee- Rs 1 crore, Test Fee- Rs 5 lakh, ODI Fee- Rs 3 lakh, T20I Fee- Rs 1.5 lakh
Ravichandran Ashwin – Retainer Fee- Rs 1 crore, Test Fee- Rs 5 lakh, ODI Fee- Rs 3 lakh, T20I Fee- Rs 1.5 lakh
MS Dhoni – Retainer Fee- Rs 1 crore, Test Fee- Rs 5 lakh, ODI Fee- Rs 3 lakh, T20I Fee- Rs 1.5 lakh
With team India’s stock growing over the last year, clearly their remuneration will show an increase when this year’s salaries will be announced.
