IPL 2022: Dhoni And Kohli Opted For Pay Cut

The Indian Premier League (IPL) retention list for 2022 is out and teams have recalled their leading four players whom they consider are the best fit for their individual frenchises. While some stars were kenned to be retained, some were shocked for all, but, between all this, some players, have even opted for a salary cut.

Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni are absolutely 2 great stars in the IPL as it started in 2008. Kohli has been a captain to RCB while Dhoni has led CSK.

Both the current and former captains of the Indian cricket team, Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni, individually took huge pay cuts to help support the pay bag of their respective franchises. Dhoni and Kohli have chosen to play for much lower than what they were making in the past sessions.

Meanwhile CSK captain Dhoni will earn Rs. 12 crores as wicketkeeper-batter of CSK. As per rumors, Dhoni was earning Rs. 15 crore per term until IPL 2021 due to his position in the CSK’s list of recalled players.

As far as Royal Challengers Bangalore is worried, the team has chosen Kohli as its first choice for IPL 2022 but it has been heard that the Indian skipper has accepted to get a pay cut for the next edition of the league. Reportedly Kohli will earn Rs. 2 crores less than what he was making in IPL 2021.

Kohli was the most valuable player on the IPL list until the past season of the event as he was earning Rs. 17 crore as the captain of the side. At that time RCB skipper was getting Rs. 2 crores extra than what other teams were presenting their initial top players.