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booth70 · 2009-09-07 06:47:31

Didn't realise cricketers were earning this much!!! http://blogs.cricinfo.com/thebuzz/

07-09-2009 6:47am

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Didn't realise cricketers were earning this much!!!

http://blogs.cricinfo.com/thebuzz/

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Largely down to the IPL, where the top players can earn getting on for $1.5m for a few weeks work. Cricket is massive in India (and is by far the main sport in a country of well over 1bn inhabitants), and you will see the top 4 are all Indian. Dhoni and Tendulkar are treated as gods over there, and can pretty much name their price for advertising.

The non-Indians on the list have made their money partly from the IPL, and partly from being the biggest names in cricket in their own countries.

However most professional cricketers take-home pay will be comparable with typical "white collar" earnings in their respective countries (without the security of a career for life, not that such a thing exists anywhere any more)

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