Ranking top 7 overseas countries according to the money their cricketers earned from IPL
Which overseas country earned the most in IPL history?
3. West Indies – INR 279.89 Crores
It’s hard to imagine the IPL without the zest of Caribbean flavor. So it’s only logical that West Indies- boasting some of the biggest names in international cricket- features third on the list in terms of the priciest players.
The years from 2008-10 weren’t all that eventful for the West Indies- at least not on the field. Off-field, though, Barbados’ Kieron Pollard emerged as the men in maroon’s most expensive player, when the Mumbai Indians snapped him up for a whopping INR 4.8 Crores in 2010.
The years following Pollard’s acquisition saw Windies stars arrive in the IPL at full throttle. Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Pollard, Sunil Narine, and Dwayne Smith- among many other Caribbean Kings- comprehensively dominated the mid-decade of the tournament.
And that bandwagon seems to be getting even more crowded, with the likes of Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, and Andre Russell turning up the spice in recent years. Kings XI Punjab’s Sheldon Cottrell, earning INR 8.50 Crores, is the incumbent top-priced Windies player of the tournament.
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