IPL 2022 Retention – IPL Highest Salary Increase: The IPL Retentions are officially released & believe it or not – VENKATESH IYER has got 4000% increase in his salary. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has decided to retain Iyer for 8 Crores. Just a season ago, Iyer was picked by KKR for just 20 Lacs & with a brilliant performance in 2nd half of IPL 2021 – Iyer has been valued at 8 Cr at a astronomical 40 times his IPL 2020 salary: Follow all IPL 2022 LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN
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IPL 2022: KKR increases Venkatesh Iyer’s salary 4000%, check list of 10 players who have got huge salary hikes: check details
IPL Highest Salary Increase: Iyer is not the only one who has got BIG-INCREASE in his salary. SRH’s uncapped duo of Abdul Samad & Umran Malik have also got huge increase in their pay-cheques.
In capped players list – Mayank Agarwal of Punjab Kings was the biggest beneficiary. Mayank was retained for Rs 12 crore from a previous salary of just 1 Crore.
Kane Williamson, who is SRH captain, got a price rise of Rs 14 crore from his previous salary of Rs 3 crore.
R Jadeja has been retained for a whopping Rs 16 crore as Dhoni accepted a pay cut to settle at Rs 12 crore.
Check List of the Players who have got HIGHEST SALARY INCREASE in IPL
Abdul Samad and ‘IPL Fastest Pacer’ Umran Malik had received just Rs 20 lakh and Rs 10 lakh respectively. Now their salaries have zoomed to new heights. The two SRH boys, who hail from Jammu & Kashmir, have been retained at Rs 4 crore each.
The biggest jumps were SRH uncapped players–
- Umran Malik – Rs 4 crore from Rs 10 lakh
- Abdul Samad– Rs 4 crore from Rs 20 lakh
Others who have got Salary Increase
- Venkatesh Iyer- Rs 8 crore from Rs 20 lakh
- Ruturaj Gaikwad- Rs 6 crore from Rs 40 lakh
- Arshdeep Singh- Rs 4 crore from Rs 20 lakh
- Prithvi Shaw– Rs 7.5 crore from Rs 1.2 crore
- Mohammed Siraj- Rs 7 crore from Rs 2.6 crore
- Sanju Samson- Rs 14 crore from Rs 8.5 crore
IPL 2022 Retention: From R Jadeja to Kane Williamson, these players got a staggering hike in salaries- check out
All Players who have got an increase in salaries
R Jadeja, who has been a vital cog of CSK for a number of IPL seasons, received a whopping Rs 16 crore to become the costliest IPL 2022 Retention for CSK. He has played 200 IPL matches and amassed 2000+ runs and 127 wickets.
Mayank Agarwal, who impressed everyone with his performance at PBKS, received a 12 times hike in IPL salary. His impressive performances helped him garner a skyrocketing jump from 1 crore to Rs 12 crore. He scored 424 and 441 runs in the last two IPL seasons.
Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson’s IPL salary jumped from Rs 8 crore to Rs 15 crore. He is the highest-ever run-scorer for RR in the history of IPL and the team will be built around him. He has scored 3000+ runs in IPL.
Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Kane Williamson was rewarded despite SRH’s horrible season. He will lead a team of youngsters which features youngsters Umran Malik and Abdul Samad. His price has risen from Rs 3 crore to Rs 14 crore. He has led in 33 IPL matches and won 16 games for the Orange army.
Andre Russell, who is key to KKR, has seen a steep rise in IPL salary. His price increased from Rs 8.5 crore to Rs 12 crore.
Mumbai Indians pacer Jasprit Bumrah is the best bowler in the modern era received a Rs 5 crore rise in IPL salary. He is key to MI’s success who have record 5 IPL trophies.
Rajasthan Royals have continued to use the services of England attacking batsman Jos Buttler. His IPL price has risen from Rs 4.4 crore to Rs 10 crore.
Delhi Capitals spinner Axar Patel has raised his game over the last 12 months. He has been paid Rs 9 crore for IPL retention.
KKR allrounder Venkatesh Iyer who took the IPL 2021 by storm was part of IPL 2022 Retention. His price surged from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 8 crore.
KKR spinner Varun Chakaravarthy’s price spiked to twice than his previous IPL salary, His previous salary was Rs 4 crore which has doubled to Rs 8 crore.
Mumbai Indians’ No.3 specialist SuryaKumar Yadav has seen a jump from Rs 3.2 crore to Rs 8 crore. He has been key to MI’s success for the last few years and played a pivotal role in rise of MI to the pinnacle.
Delhi Capitals opener Prithvi Shaw is expected to stay with the IPL franchise for the next few seasons. His price rose by more than 5 times as he was earlier paid Rs 1.2 crore
The RCB stalwart with an experience of 50 IPL matches, made a surprise cut in the IPL 2022 Retention list. His salary zoomed from Rs 2.6 crore to Rs 7 crore.
Orange Cap holder Ruturaj Gaikwad has been picked by CSK as the fourth retention for Rs 6 crore. His excellent performances helped CSK win their fourth IPL trophy. His previous IPL salary was Rs 6 crore
Arshdeep Singh has seen a price rise from just Rs 20 lakh to Rs 4 crore. He was the second-highest wicket-taker for PBKS in the last IPL season.
Jaiswal has seen a slight rise in IPL salary after his impressive performance in IPL 2022 Retention.
IPL 2022 Retention: From R Jadeja to Kane Williamson, these players got a staggering hike in salaries- check out
IPL 2022 Retentions
Chennai Super Kings: Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Moeen Ali, Ruturaj Gaikwad
Kolkata Knight Riders: Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer
SunRisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, Umran Malik
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Kieron Pollard, Suryakumar Yadav
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj
Delhi Capitals: Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal
Punjab Kings: Mayank Agarwal, Arshdeep Singh
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