Caribbean Premier League 2020, season confirmed it will began from 18th August 2020 and final will be played in the month of September 2020. Corey Anderson and Mitchell Santner, Andre Russell, Imran Tahir, Chris Lynn and Rashid Khan currently hold CPL 2020 highest paid players contracts. In 2018, first CPL draft price revealed, according to the leaked data, top paid players earn maximum $160,000 in Caribbean premier league.
The 2020, year in cricket totally change the players earnings, once of the reason is no ticket income revenue due to empty stadiums due to covid-19 safety measures. The players who got offered new contract with Caribbean Premier League in the first draft pick instead of receiving $160,000 they will heavy receive 30% pay-cut which means their earnings decrease from $160k tournament to $112k reported.
Corona-virus impact the salaries of CPL players, some teams ask their players to receive pay-cut upto 30%. Only players hold contract less than $20,000 won’t get any pay-cut players above $20,000 received 10% to 30% pay-cut. Rashid Khan from Afghanistan and Corey Anderson both of them earned first pick draft in year 2020. That improve their contract worth in the CPL 2020.
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Highest Paid Players in CPL 2020 |
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Players |
Base Salary |
Team |
Contract Holder |
Year |
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Rashid Khan |
$112,000 |
Barbados
Tridents |
Overseas |
2020 |
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Corey Anderson |
$112,000 |
Barbados Tridents |
Overseas |
2020 |
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Mitchell Santner |
$112,000 |
Barbados
Tridents |
Overseas |
2020 |
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Imran Tahir |
$112,000 |
Guyana Amazon Warriors |
Overseas |
2020 |
|
Andre Russell |
$112,000 |
Jamaica
Tallawahs |
Local |
2020 |
|
Chris Lynn |
$112,000 |
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots |
Overseas |
2020 |
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Dwayne Bravo |
$112,000 |
Trinbago Knight
Riders |
Local |
2020 |
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Lendl Simmons |
$112,000 |
Trinbago Knight Riders |
Local |
2020 |
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Jason Holder |
$91,000 |
Guyana Amazon
Warriors |
Local |
2020 |
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Nicholas Pooran |
$91,000 |
Guyana Amazon Warriors |
Local |
2020 |
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Brandon King |
$91,000 |
Jamaica
Tallawahs |
Local |
2020 |
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Ben Dunk |
$91,000 |
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots |
Overseas |
2020 |
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Sandeep Lamichhane |
$91,000 |
St Kitts &
Nevis Patriots |
Local |
2020 |
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Mohammad Nabi |
$91,000 |
St Lucia Zouks |
Overseas |
2020 |
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Kieron Pollard |
$91,000 |
Trinbago Knight
Riders |
Local |
2020 |
In the above table, CPL 2020 highest paid players details gathered from top sources of cricket. The above salaries of each player, regarding to CPL draft pick in year 2020. If any changes made to the current players earnings details updated here later.
Some players from Pakistan, who got selected in the draft of 2020, won’t make it this year as they were playing Test series in England, only received the contract if the agree to play CPL season later. All information regarding to highest paid cpl 2020 players on base of the players contract with team collected from trusted sources.