Robin Uthappa on IPL salary: Recently, in the IPL auction, Kolkata Knight Riders bought Mitchell Starc for Rs 24.75 crore. In this way Mitchell Starc has become the most expensive player in IPL history. Apart from this, Australian captain Pat Cummins was added by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 20.5 crore. However, Robin Uthappa has given a big statement on IPL auction and players' prices.
Robin Uthappa said that if we talk about the salary of IPL, if there was no salary cap, the wealth of at least 10 players of the Indian team would have been more than Rs 100 crore.
'Jasprit Bumrah plus Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma…'
Actually, at this time IPL teams can spend a maximum of Rs 100 crore in the auction. Robin Uthappa said that if there was no salary cap in the IPL auction or the salary cap was Rs 1000 crore or Rs 500 crore, then at least 10 Indian cricketers would have got more than Rs 100 crore. Apart from Jasprit Bumrah, players like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma would have received Rs 100 crore.
'Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul and Rituraj Gaikwad would have got Rs 80-100 crore. Apart from this, bids worth more than Rs 100 crore would have been made on Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Robin Uthappa has played for these teams
Former Indian cricketer Robin Uthappa has been a part of Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians in the IPL. Also, Robin Uthappa has been a part of the Indian team that won the 2007 T20 World Cup.
Let us tell you that IPL The 2024 season starts from March 22. In the first match of this season, the teams of Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore will face each other. The match will be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium from 8 pm Indian time.