Press Trust of India
New Delhi, Jan 1: India Test skipper Virat Kohli was among the few cricketers who received a higher actual salary according to the salary details of the retained IPL players listed by BCCI Friday.
Kohli’s actual salary in RCB was listed as `15 crore while the purse deduction amount was `12.50 crore in the list put up by BCCI in its website, just days ahead of the Lodha Committee’s reform report January 4.
India’s limited over skipper MS Dhoni, who was bought by Pune recently, however, had the same actual salary and purse deduction of `12.50 crore while playing for CSK.
Among other Indians, Harbhajan Singh (`5.50 crore vs `8.00 crore) and Ambati Rayudu (`4.00 crore vs `6.00 crore) were the top gainers according to the list put up by BCCI as a part of its recent attempts to ensure transparency.
West Indies batsman Chris Gayle (`7.50 crore vs `8.40 crore) and South African all-rounder Faf du Plessis (`4 crore vs `47.50 crore) were the top gainers among international cricketers.
However, like Dhoni, South Africa’s ODI skipper AB de Villers (`9.5 crore), Shikhar Dhawan (`12.50 crore), Ravichandran Ashwin (`7.50 crore) and West Indies’ Dwayne Bravo (`4 crore) too didn’t see any change in their actual salaries.