In the current era, the issue of salary and allowances for cricketers is one of the topics discussed. Last year, the controversy over Cricket Australia's salary and allowances with the Australian national team brought a new twist in this discussion.
Before the contract was terminated in the ball tampering scandal, the highest annual salary for the players was Steve Smith Each year, his income was $ 1.47 million.
England's Test captain Joe Root's salary is 13 million 80 thousand dollars a year
India captain Virat Kohli earns $ 1 million every year.
However, except for these three countries, the salary of the rest of the remaining countries is less than half of the cricketer's income.
As South Africa's Faf du Plessi earns $ 400,000 each year Angelo Mathews of Sri Lanka earns $ 300,000 a year.
Pakistani cricketer Sarfaraz Khan earns $ 300,000
Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan earns $ 1.4 million. Which is a little more than 1 crore 16 lakh 14 thousand coins in Bangladesh.
There, the salary of cricketers of India 'C' category is about 15 million rupees.
The annual income of cricketers of highest income in different countries
• Steve Smith (contract cancellation) - 12 crore 19 lakh 92 thousand taka
• Joe Root - 11 crore 45 lakh 23 thousand taka
• Virat Kohli - 8 crore 77 lakh 47 thousand taka
• Faf du Plessi- 3 crore 65 lakhs taka
• Angelo Mathews - 2 crore 65 lakh 56 thousand taka
• Sarfaraz Ahmed - 2 million 48 lakh 92 thousand taka
• Jason Holder - Twenty-two million
• Why Williamson - 2 million 7 lakh 47 thousand taka
• Shakib Al Hasan - 1 crore 16 lakh 14 thousand taka
Only Zimbabwe's highest earning earner, Graeme Kramer gets lesser salary than Shakib. His salary is 74 lakh 68 thousand taka per year.
Besides, due to the variability of match fees and other opportunities, the income goes up.
Cricketer's income is less than any other game worldwide.
According to the US Forbes magazine's July 2007 survey, except for advertising or other fields, only Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo earned 58 million dollars each year from the game.
Formula One's British racer Louise Hamilton earns $ 38 million, US $ 36 million of LeBron James
On the other hand, Steve Smith's former Australian cricket captain, who had contracted the contract for ball tampering this year, earned only $ 1.44 million a year
