Top 10 Highest Paid Cricket Captains

Let’s have a look at the Top 10 highest paid cricket captains in International Cricket. A quick heads-up Indian captain Virat Kohli is not the highest paid cricket captain in the world. He is in the Top 3 top paid list though.

The newly instated Sri Lankan ODI captain Kusal Perera is No.13 in the list with an annual salary of 25 lakh INR. Sri Lankan Test skipper Dimuth Karunaratne is at No.12 with a yearly salary of 51 lakh INR. At No.11 is Pakistan skipper Babar Azam with a salary of 62.4 lakh INR.

Here are the Top 10 paid International captains – The amounts mentioned are in the form of Indian Rupee:

10. Kraigg Brathwaite (West Indies)

The West Indies Test skipper is paid 1.39 crore INR a year. Brathwaite has recently taken over the responsibilities from Jason Holder.

9. Kieron Pollard (West Indies)

The West Indies white ball skipper is paid 1.73 crore INR a year. Pollard leads Windies in both ODIs and T20Is. He recently hit 6 sixes in one over of Akila Dananjaya in a T20 International.

8. Eoin Morgan (England)

England white ball skipper Eoin Morgan earns 1.75 crore INR a year via ECB contract. He led his team to their first 50 over World Cup win in 2019.

7. Kane Williamson (New Zealand)

New Zealand skipper is paid 1.77 crore INR a year. He led his team in to the finals of ICC World Cup 2019 and the inaugural World Test Championship final.

6. Temba Bavuma (South Africa)

The new South African skipper is paid 2.5 crore INR per annum. Temba Bavuma made history as South Africa’s first black African cricket captain following his appointment as skipper of the limited overs teams (One-Day International and Twenty20) by Cricket South Africa (CSA).

5. Dean Elgar (South Africa)

The Proteas Test Captain Dean Elgar earns 3.2 crore INR per year. Elgar also opens for the South African team and had a prolific run over the past few years with the bat.

4. Tim Paine (Australia)

Aussies Test skipper Tim Paine earns 4.8 crore INR per year. He led his team after a controversial sandpaper gate and was instrumental in bringing things back to normalcy for Aussie Test team.

3. Aaron Finch (Australia)

Aaron Finch makes 4.8 crore INR as well. He leads Australia in both ODIs and T20Is. Australia made in to the semi-final of ICC World Cup 2019 under his leadership.

2. Virat Kohli (India)

Team India captain Virat Kohli makes 7 crore INR per year via the BCCI central contract. He leads India in all three formats.

BCCI has given him a Grade A+ contract alongside Jasprit Bumrah and Rohit Sharma – it is the top most contract in the salary scale in Indian cricket.

It is surprising to note that even England fast bowler Jofra Archer earns more money for playing for his country than Virat Kohli. Kohli is without doubt one of the world’s highest-paid athletes but Kohli is not the highest-paid international captain.

1. Joe Root (England)

England Test skipper Joe Root tops the list with a yearly income of approximately 8.97 crore INR through England central contract. He is paid 87000 GBP in UK currency by the England and Wales Cricket Board. Eoin Morgan, the World Cup winning England limited overs captain, pales in comparison as he draws a meagre GBP 170000 from the ECB, equivalent of Rs 1.75 crore