Top 5 Highest paid players in CPL
Cricket is all about batting, bowling, creating numbers, making records, breaking records. And he who masters the trick of making and breaking the records is often coined as the player to watch out for. And as for the limited and entertaining segment of cricket like the franchise-based cricket is- it often brings out the actual value of the player. The player is bought or sold or is bided in terms of the way they have played throughout the many seasons of the leagues. The one with the highest bid and the paid player often has many people eyed on- that’s mainly because of his performances in the past.
Here we run through you the top 5 players in the Caribbean Premier League who en-cashed huge. Some of the players on whom many teams rolled out their eyes on and managed to bag them in their team.
1) Lasith Malinga- 160,000 dollars
Lasith Malinga, the Sri Lankan living legend is the only player in the history of cricket to have scalped four wickets off four consecutive deliveries in an ODI, an achievement which was only made by Sir Viv Richards previously and later it was Malinga to be the ‘best thing to have happened to Sri Lankan cricket after Aravinda de Silva.’ Malinga had always had a vital role to play, no matter what team he played for. His Yorkers stuns the batsman, and the speed is just awestruck. With performances that give you chills, no wonder teams go to extend to pay the Lankan star and so is the case in the Caribbean Premier League. Malinga has represented teams like Guyana Amazon Warriors, Jamaica Tallawahs, and St Lucia Zouks. And he is one of the highest-paid players in CPL with a whopping amount of 160,000 dollars. Which makes him the first players in the top 5 highest-paid players in the CPL history.
2) Alex hales- 160,000 dollars
Alex Hales represented the England Under-19 squad in 2008 that toured New Zealand and smashed three half-centuries. He came into the world of cricket, with a reputation of being a T20 specialist, with a dicey technique outside the off-stump. Apart from the CPL, he was also one of the most promising and prominent players in the Big Bash League. Hales scored a stunning 89 runs off 52 balls on his Big Bash debut at the SCG. As for the CPL, Hales was among the big gainers in the 2019 Caribbean Premier League, bagging USD 160,000 after immediately being picked up in the first round. Hales went to Barbados Tridents. He was the only England player to make it to the draft due to his exemplary performance that caught the eyes of the franchises. Right after Malinga, Alex Hales is the second-highest-paid player in the history of the Caribbean Premier League.
3) Rashid Khan- 112,000 dollars
Rashid Khan’s tale in international cricket is nothing far from a fairy tale. One of the most ace leg-spinners in the cricket world currently, Rashid was grabbed by the Caribbean Premier League’s defending champions Barbados Tridents for the eighth edition and will be among the star attractions in the league. Rashid, who made his international debut in 2015, has played a vital role while he was a part of the Sunrisers Hyderabad squad. Coming back to some action again after the worldwide pandemic stress, the lethal Afghan star bowler, who is also known to giveaway runs in faster pace during any given point of time, now is the best time during the Caribbean League to get back his rhythm and scalp a few wickets under his name which will be crucial to raising his confidence while participating in the future games and leagues. With 112,000 dollars, Rashid comes on at the third place for the highest-paid player in the CPL history.
4) Andre Russell- 112,000 dollars
Andre Russell is obviously a prominent name among the many West Indies players and his worth has only risen up since an earth-shaking batting show in the IPL 2019. Russell will surely be an attraction in the IPL 2020 when he returns for the Kolkata Knight Riders. But there will be a glimpse of his abilities in the CPL 2020 while donning the colours of the Jamaica Tallawahs.
The Tallawahs were the champions in the debut edition of the CPL while back in 2013 and they snatched their second title in CPL 2016. They are now on equals with Barbados Tridents with two trophies and Russell will possible be one of the biggest contributors and reason if the team is to equal up Trinbago Knight Riders‘ record of three titles. His never-ending efforts to make his team at the victorious side, makes him unique, and that’s the quality every franchise would want to have in every player they bid for. Andre Russell’s such act of greatness bagged him a 112,000 dollars which is the fourth highest-paid salary for any CPL player.
5) Jason Holder- 91000 dollars
Representing West Indies as a captain at times is a risky affair and kinda huge responsibility on the shoulders, However, Jason Holder has been not a people’s favourite while he captained the Windies. But his decent show did manage him to get into the biggest league tournaments of West Indies.
Given the level of experience Holder carries in the CPL, he has shown what an extraordinary force he could be. Holder and the Tridents excelled by perfecting at the orthodox strategy and focusing on fundamentals. His strategies and plans like taking wickets with pacers in the Power play, slow down the run rate with spin while in the middle, and have a good Yorker bowler at the death, all of this working attracts attention and that’s what made him bag 91000 dollars which are so for the fifth highest-paid income for any player in the CPL.
