5 cricketers who are earning 5 times or more in IPL than in The Hundred

England Cricket Board’s (ECB) newest format and tournament, The Hundred has hogged the limelight quite a bit in the last couple of weeks. The draft took place a few days ago and some of the big names from all across the world got picked. Eight teams picked a total of 120 players for the tournament which is slated to start in July next year. Every new tournament that pops up, it invariably gets compared to the IPL. Not only the fans, the players and management have also drawn comparisons and hoped that The Hundred will become as big as the Indian T20 league. Inevitably, the money also gets compared. The players were picked through a draft system for The Hundred where the maximum salary cap for a player was £125,000. However, the IPL undergoes a bidding process and hence, players tend to get higher salaries. Thus, in this article, let’s look at five players who are earning at least five times more in the IPL than in The Hundred. 1. Rashid Khan Rashid Khan. (Photo Source: Twitter) If there is one spinner you want to have in your white-ball side, then it has to be Rashid Khan. The Afghanistan superstar has become one of the best limited-overs bowlers in the world. Hence, it’s no surprise that he is one of the most sought-after cricketers in T20 leagues around the globe. Rashid has a phenomenal record in T20 cricket. He has taken 269 wickets and averages just under 17. Moreover, he has a strike-rate of 16.2 in the shortest format. In The Hundred’s draft, the Afghan leg-spinner was the first pick. The Trent Rockets had the first choice and they went for Rashid and splurged £125,000. (Almost INR 1 Crore). However, Rashid in his first time in the IPL auction which was in 2017 had got INR 4 crores which is almost four times the amount he received in the draft. In 2018, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) spent a stunning INR 9 crore for him. Hence, that is about nine times more than what he will be getting for The Hundred. 2. David Warner David Warner. (Photo: IANS) We tend to call Suresh Raina as Mr IPL but there’s hardly been any other player as consistent as David Warner ever since he moved to the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). In fact, since 2014, he has won the Orange Cap three times, most for a player in the history of the IPL. He simply churns out runs for fun and is a bank at the top of the order for SRH. He has finished as the highest run-getter in 2015, 2017 and 2019. They had bought him for a sum of INR 5.5 crores in 2014 before retaining him as their first-choice player. Hence, it meant that Warner got a whopping INR 12 crores. Meanwhile, he was the second pick for the Southern Brave who added Jofra Archer as their Test player and Andre Russell as their first pick. He was put under the salary cap of £125,000. Hence, Warner’s IPL salary is miles ahead of what he will get in The Hundred. 3. Steve Smith Steve Smith. (Photo Source: Twitter) The case of Steve Smith is very similar to David Warner, in terms of salaries earned through the IPL and The Hundred. Like Warner, he was the second pick and it was the Welsh Fire who picked him up from the draft. The salary cap assigned to him was £125,000. However, the former Australian captain earns way more in the IPL. In 2014, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals (RR) for INR 4 crores but in 2018, he was retained at a stunning price of INR 12 crores. In fact, he was the only player that RR retained ahead of the auctions in 2018. Smith has been a regular member in the IPL and has also been the captain. He didn’t play the 2018 season and yet, RR kept faith in the former Australian captain. In fact, he was even made the captain midway through the season. 4. Andre Russell Andre Russell. (Photo Source: Twitter) Not everybody has the ability to do what Andre Russell can. He can pull off some of the big heists all by himself and do that not once in a blue moon but repeatedly. His ability to hit sixes at will and against any bowler is remarkable. Russell can make a mockery of the boundaries and turn games on its head in the space of a few deliveries. With the ball, the West Indian all-rounder can be pacy. Moreover, he has a knack of picking up wickets and breaking partnerships as well. He is also a good fielder. Hence, Russell comes as a package and no wonder, he is one of the popular names among T20 leagues in the world. He was the first pick for the Southern Brave in the draft during The Hundred. They shelled out £125,000 to avail the services of the Jamaican-born all-rounder. But in the IPL, he is getting almost seven times more than that in The Hundred. In 2018, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), retained him for a sum of INR 7 crores. 5. Sunil Narine Sunil Narine. (Photo Source: Twitter) Sunil Narine made a name for himself through T20 cricket. He is very difficult to get away and more often than not, batsmen tend to play him out and see off his four overs. He is a genuine wicket-taker and a game-changer with the ball. Moreover, his batting has come along really well too which has made him a destructive opener. Hence, it’s no surprise, every time Narine’s price has increased every time there’s been a big auction around. 2012 was his maiden season and the mystery spinner was bought for $700,000. But in 2014, he was retained by KKR for INR 9.5 crores. His consistent performances in the IPL earned him another retention in 2018. He was retained for INR 8.5 crores and was KKR’s first-choice retained player. Meanwhile, in the draft for The Hundred, the Oval Invincibles gave £125,000 for the West Indian mystery spinner which was at least eight times less than what Narine gets in the IPL.

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