IPL 2016: Actual salary details of retained players

Here are the details of actual salaries of the retained players.

New Delhi: Ahead of its big auction in February, the Indian Premier League (IPL) is back in the news after franchises opted to release some of their big name players on Thursday.

Players like Yuvraj Singh, Ishant Sharma, Dale Steyn and Virender Sehwag were dumped by their respective teams in order to build a new team for the upcoming season.

For instance, by releasing Dinesh Karthik was acquired by Royal Challengers Bangalore for a whopping 10.5 crore.

After a string of poor results, the Virat Kohli-led team opted to let the wicketkeeper-batsman go. By doing so, they can now spend some of that money on another impact player in the upcoming auction.

However, some key players like Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir were retained by the six franchises.

Here are actual salary details of the retained players:

David Miller (KXIP): 50000000​
Manan Vora (KXIP)​: 3500000​
Gautam Gambhir (KKR): 100000000
Sunil Narine (KKR): 80000000​
Rohit Sharma (MI): 115000002​
Keiron Pollard (MI): 97000000​
Lasith Malinga (MI): 81000000​
Harbhajan Singh (MI): 80000000​
Ambati Rayudu (MI): 60000000​
Virat Kohli (RCB): 150000000
A B deVillers (RCB): 95000000
Chris Gayle (RCB): 84000000​
Shikhar Dhawan (SRH): 125000000
M S Dhoni (Team Pune): 125000000​
Ajinkya Rahane (Team Pune): 80000000
R Ashwin (Team Pune): 75000000
Steven  Smith (Team Pune): 40000000​
Faf du Plessis (Team Pune): 47500000
Suresh Raina (Team Rajkot): 95000000​
Ravindra Jadeja (Team Rajkot): 55000000
Brendon McCullum (Team Rajkot): 32500000
James Faulkner (Team Rajkot): 51000000
Dwayne Bravo (Team Rajkot): 40000000

*Salary figures in INR