IPL is such a T20 league, in which the world’s biggest cricketers and new unknown cricketers play together. Almost everyone has to go through the same auction. Bidding takes place on almost everything. The only difference is who will get how much money. It also depends on the ability and brand value of that player. This is why Rishabh Pant is currently the most expensive player in IPL history with a salary of Rs 27 crore. There are many youngsters and many well-known faces of domestic cricket playing in the same league with a base salary of Rs 30 lakh each. But do you know that despite the huge difference in auction fees, all players get the same fee for every match?
How much is the match fee in IPL?
Yes, be it Rishabh Pant or Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma or MS Dhoni. To all these players, their franchise gives the same amount of money to play an IPL match, as this franchise gives to the players with the lowest salary of Rs 30 lakh in their squad. This IPL match fees It is said that this is completely different from the auction salary received by the players and it is the same in all the 10 teams, which was decided by the BCCI itself.
Actually, BCCI had made many major changes after the end of IPL 2024 season and one of them was the introduction of match fees. BCCI had made it clear that every team will pay separate fees to those players who will be part of the playing-11 during any match. At the same time, the player who plays as an impact player will also get the same fee. For this, BCCI had fixed a fee of Rs 7.5 lakh. This rule came into effect from the IPL 2025 season and since then till now every player gets this amount in addition to the auction salary received for the season.
Earning more than Team India
In this way, if a player plays all the 14 matches of the league stage, then this amount reaches Rs 1.04 crore, which is more than the auction salary of many players. The interesting thing is that the fees for IPL matches are more than the fees paid by BCCI to Team India players for T20 International matches. Team India players get Rs 3 lakh from the Indian Board for a T20 International match. That means players playing in IPL get more money than Team India.