In general, it has been seen that foreign players playing in the Pakistan Super League along with the Indian Premier League, the Pakistan Super League at many times less money and prefer the PSL over the leagues of other countries.
The eighth season of the Pakistan Super League wants to start soon, in which players from all over the world are eager to show their game in front of Pakistani fans.
The psl season, which started this month, will end in March next month, just a few days after which India's Indian Premier League will start in its 16th season with all its glory.
Although pakistan and traditional rivals India are competing and compared in every field, but when this competition is in the field of cricket, its intensity increases manifold.
Although Indian players do not play any league other than the IPL and Pakistani players have not been made part of any IPL season except its first season, fans on both sides continue to directly compare and compete with the PSL and the IPL.
What is most discussed is the salaries and bids received by the players playing in both the leagues.
In general, it has been seen that foreign players playing in the Pakistan Super League play the Pakistan Super League for many times less than the Indian Premier League and prefer the PSL over the league of other countries.
Apart from this, it is also worth mentioning that foreign players, who made their name in the world of cricket from the Pakistan Super League, later became part of their national teams, where they also performed brilliantly for their country and team.
Some of the big names are England's Dawid Malan, Jofra Archer, Harry Brook, Will Smed, Ben Duckett, Phil Salt, Jason Roy, Liam Livingstone, Sam Billings, Liam Dawson, David Willey, South Africa's Rilee Rossouw and Singapore's Tim David, who now represent Australia.
These are just a few of the names that are being mentioned here, besides a long list of players from other countries who have made their mark in the world of cricket by playing the Pakistan Super League.
There were 20 out of 11 players in the England team that toured Pakistan last year who have shown their skills in the Pakistan Super League.
Comparing the two leagues, the Pakistan Super League started with five teams, in which one team has been added in seven years.
While the Indian Premier League started with eight teams, the number of these teams has now reached ten.
There is also a big difference in the number of matches in the two leagues. The PSL was started with 24 matches, in which the number of matches has now reached 34.
While the IPL started with 62 matches, the number of which has now reached 74.
Difference between PSL and IPL budget
If we talk about the budget of PSL and IPL, then there is a big difference in the budget of the two leagues.
At the time of the start of the PSL in 2016, the budget of the league in the first three years was Rs 54 crore.
While the budget of PSL from 2019 to 2021 was Rs 14.2022 billion, but after the increase in the budget in the year 90, the budget of PSL has exceeded Rs . billion.
On the other hand, the budget for the initial edition of the Indian Premier League was around Rs 3000,12 crore. According to the Financial Express, the ipl budget in its th season has reached about , crore annual budget.
While the IPL budget for the next five years is around Rs 60, crore.
Most expensive players of IPL
Since the Indian Premier League is a big budget league and the teams playing in it belong to india's big business companies and individuals, the money trail and its glare is also many times more than the PSL.
Since its inception in 2008, the most expensive players in the IPL have been bought for crores of rupees and the total amount received by each player is more than the amount given to the entire teams in other leagues.
Here we will present an overview of the salaries given to the most expensive players from the start of the PSL in 2016 and the IPL in 2008 to 2023.
In the year 2008, the most expensive player in the IPL was former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who was bought for 9.5 crore Indian rupees.
The most expensive players sold in 2009 were from England. England batsman Kevin Pietersen and all-rounder Andrew Flintoff were bought for Rs 9.8 crore this year.
In 2010, two players once again won the title of being the most expensive player of the IPL.
New Zealand's Shane Bond and West Indies' Kieron Pollard were sold for Rs 4.8 crore this year.
In 2011, former India opener Gautam Gambhir was sold for around Rs 15 crore and thus he got the unique honor of buying a player for more than Rs crore in the IPL for the first time.
In 2012, Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was sold for Rs 12.80 crore.
In 2013, Glenn Maxwell was bought for Rs 6.3 crore.
In 2014 and 2015, Yuvraj Singh was the most expensive player sold for Rs 14 crore and Rs 16 crore respectively.
In 2016, Australian all-rounder Shane Watson was sold for Rs 9.5 crore in the IPL, while in the same year when he played the PSL, he was paid $ 30, (about million).
In 2017, England all-rounder Ben Stokes was sold for Rs 14.2018 crore and in 12 for Rs 5. crore.
In the year 2019, the bid of relatively new names Jaidev Unadkat and Varun Chakravarthy was put for Rs 8.4 crore.
In 2020, Australian captain Pat Cummins was sold for Rs 15.2021 crore, while In 16 Chris Morris was bid for Rs 25. crore.
In 2021, Indian batsman Ishan Kishan was sold for 15.25 crores, while the highest bid for this year's IPL has been made by England bowler Sam Curran, who was sold for 18.5 crores.
Most expensive players of PSL
When the PSL was launched in 2016, questions were being raised about its future and it was also said that in the presence of the Indian Premier League and Australia's Big Bash League, it would not be easy for the PSL to get a foothold in the world of leagues, but the matches in the PSL soon changed this perception. And time has proved that psl is no less than its other contemporary leagues in terms of quality of cricket.
Despite the low budget and fewer matches, the PSL has left a deep impression on cricket fans and experts from the beginning.
From the first season of PSL, the players were divided into categories instead of bidding individually and the players of each category were selected according to the maximum amount and made part of a specific category.
In the year 2016, the players who were part of the PSL were divided into five categories. These categories included platinum, diamond, gold, silver and emerging.
According to these categories, players in platinum category were given Rs 70 million, diamond category players Rs 50 million, gold category Rs 30 million, silver Rs 20 million and emerging category players Rs million.
However, over time, this amount has also seen a big increase.
This year, a price cap of $ 70, has been allocated for players in the platinum category.
A cap of $ 85,50 has been kept for the diamond category, while a price cap of $ , has been introduced for gold.
In the silver category, a silver cap of $ 25, has been kept, while for the emerging category, a price cap of $ , has been kept.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam, Shadab Khan, Rashid Khan, Tom Banton, Chris Lynn and Hasan Ali are among the most expensive players of the UPSL.
All these players will get 50.30 million Pakistani rupees for this year's PSL season. South Africa's Rilee Rossouw and David Miller will receive $, and $,, respectively.
There is also a difference of more than ten times in the budget of the teams involved in the two leagues. On the one hand, the budget of a team in the PSL is Rs 75.90 million, on the other hand, the budget of a team of IPL is Rs crore.
These comparisons will continue during this month's PSL and next month's IPL, but the most important difference between the two leagues will be cricket and the quality of cricket only.
How much do expensive IPL players play in PSL?
Another common feature in the IPL and PSL is the foreign players participating in these two leagues.
Here we are presenting a comparative analysis of selected foreign players playing in these two leagues.
In 2022, Afghanistan bowler Rashid Khan earned Rs 27.1 million in the PSL, while England's Liam Livingstone earned Rs 1.11 crore in the PSL but his earnings in the IPL were around Rs . crore.
Similarly, Tim David participated in the PSL for Rs 25 million, but he was given Rs . million to play in the IPL.
David Willey played the last PLS for Rs 65 lakh while he was given Rs crore for the IPL.
England's Jason Roy took Rs 10 million for playing PSL Seven while he was given Rs 20 million to participate in the 15th season of the IPL.
If we compare the value of the currency of the two countries, then one Indian rupee is equal to about three rupees of Pakistan.
The report has been prepared by the websites of PSL, Indian Premier League, Wisden, ESPN Cricinfo and Financial Express.
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