PSL Highest Paid Players, Babar Azam Salary: Pakistan Super League 2023 (PSL 2023) season has started. In the first match of this season, defending champions Lahore Qalandars defeated Multan Sultans. In this exciting match, the current champions won by just 1 run, but today we will talk about the amount the players get in the Pakistan Super League. Players playing in IPL get crores of rupees, but do you know the salary of players playing in Pakistan Super League? Let us have a look at the salaries of top PSL players including Babar Azam and Shaheen Afridi.
How much is the salary of the players in PSL?
Unlike IPL, there is no auction in Pakistan Super League. In this league, players are selected through draft. At the same time, players are kept in different categories for this draft. Platinum category players get the highest salary in the Pakistan Super League draft. Platinum category players get a salary ranging from US $ 1,30,000 to 1,70,000. If we see this amount in Pakistani currency, it becomes 3.4 crore rupees while in Indian rupee it is 1.2 crore.
How much do platinum category players get paid?
Talking about the players of Platinum category, apart from Pakistan captain Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan, Sam Billings, Tymal Mills, Haider Ali, Matthew Wade, Imran Tahir, Fakhar Zaman, Izharulhaq Naveed, Gus Atkinson, Josh Little, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Richard Gleeson, Mohammad Nawaz and Naseem are included. That is, these players get the highest salary. Apart from this, Alex Hales, Wanindu Hasaranga, Rashid Khan, David Miller, Rovman Powell and Rehmanullah Gurbaz are also part of the Platinum category, but these players have not played in the Pakistan Super League for the last 2 seasons. Because of this, these players did not get the money.
What is supplementary category in PSL?
Apart from Platinum category, Pakistan Super League has Diamond category, Gold category and Silver category. However, apart from all these categories, there is a supplementary category. Actually, the players included in the supplementary category get money on the basis of playing matches. Means, how much money the players of this category will get, it depends on how many matches the concerned player played in the tournament.
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