The Indian Premier League is right there at the top, along with other popular names like the European Football League, as well as the NFL, being the second-most rich league to exist.
Despite that, Forbes’ recently released list of the world’s highest-paid athletes tells a completely different story. Not a single Indian cricketer has made their name on the list, leading to a series of conversations on social media.
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While some claim the players to be heavily underpaid despite all the success and glamour of the IPL, others are of the view that the payment is already enough for what it is.
Many cricket fanatics have come out and said that cricket being the second most watched sport in the world, the top players definitely deserve to be rewarded handsomely for promoting the game.
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While international organisations like the ICC have upped their game, increasing the prize money for the WTC Finals to a whopping Rs. 30.74 Crores, the BCCI is still adamant as it has kept IPL’s prize money bottlenecked at Rs. 20 Crores for almost a decade now.
With countries like the US and Saudi Arabia taking more and more interest in cricket, it won’t be long before a new player emerges on the scene, toppling the BCCI’s empire, especially if things don’t change for the better soon.
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