Babar Azam's salary in T20 league REVEALED, it is not even half of what Kohli earned in IPL 2025, he is...
In these collection of pictures, we find out about the exact salary of former Pakistan captain Babar Azam in a T20 league and how it compares to Virat Kohli's IPL salary.
Babar Azam has signed up to play in BBL after being dropped by Pakistan from their T20 team. Babar is the former captain of Pakistan team. Image credit: X (Formerly Twitter)
Babar Azam will make his debut in BBL 2025 with Sydney Sixers this season. Babar has never played in BBL before.
Babar Azam will be paid INR Rs 3 crore salary by Sydney Sixers after drafted in 'Platinum Category', according to a report in Geo News.
Babar Azam will be highest paid cricketer in BBL with salary of PKR Rs 10 crore. But it is still way short of Virat Kohli's IPL salary.
Virat Kohli was retained for Rs 21 crore by RCB ahead of IPL 2025 mega auction. Kohli's IPL salary is almost 7 times more than Babar Azam's BBL salary.
Virat Kohli won the IPL 2025 title after wait of 18 years when RCB defeated PBKS in the final earlier this month. Image credit: X (Formerly Twitter)
Babar Azam gets less than Rs 2 crore salary in PSL, Rs 1.88 crore to be exact. Babar, who is captain of Peshawar Zalmi, will get Rs 1 crore more salary in BBL than PSL 2025 season.
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