IPL: The cost of each run scored by the top 5 highest run-getters in the tournament's history
Since its inaugural edition in 2008, the Indian Premier League has been the greatest platform for budding cricketers across the globe to showcase their talent and hog the limelight.
Besides being an entertainer par excellence, IPL has also been the biggest earning stage for cricketers around the world. Auctions every season are only getting bigger. During the inaugural auctions, MS Dhoni fetched Rs. 6 crores to become the highest paid cricketer of the season. The figure has almost been tripled when Virat Kohli was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore for a whopping sum of Rs.17 crore for the eleventh edition of the tournament.
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Most of the highest earned cricketers in the history of the tournament are only the leading Indian cricketers. Almost every single time they lived up to their massive billing as all the top 5 highest run-getters are also the big names in Indian cricket.
On that note, let us now take a look at the cost of each run scored by the top 5 highest run-getters in the history of the tournament.
#5 Robin Uthappa - 1.75 Lakhs/Run
Robin Uthappa has become one of the most prominent figures in the Indian Premier League with his free-flowing stroke play. He has been a part of this showpiece event since its inaugural edition in 2008. The right-hander has represented Mumbai Indians in 2008 and RCB in 2009 before being bought by Pune Warriors in 2011. The 33-year-old moved to Kolkata Knight Riders in 2014 and has been representing them since then
The elegant batsman is currently the fifth highest run-getter in the tournament. He has thus far played 165 IPL matches, scoring 4129 runs at an average of 28.67 and a strike rate of 131.71. In terms of earnings from the tournament, Utthapa takes number nine with total earnings of INR 72.27 crores.
Thus Uthappa has fetched INR 1.75 lakhs for each run he scored in the tournament. The Karnataka batsman has been retained by the Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 6.4 crores this season.