With the player drafts for the Sri Lanka Premier League happening just before the weekend starts, most sports columns in local papers on Sunday. With the Indian Premier League paying in hundreds of thousands of dollars to the players, one main point of interest in the SLPL was the player salaries.
With the preliminary squads being chosen with 8 overseas players and 12 local players for each team and the head coach for the teams also being appointed, the salaries of the players have now come to light through a local Sunday newspaper, the “Sunday Times” published on the 8th of July 2012.
Chris Gayle from West Indies who was the highest run scorer in the recently concluded IPL is being paid the most in the tournament with a salary of US$ 100,000 while Shahid Aridi from Pakistan is the only non-iconic player to be paid US$ 50,000.
Below are the player salaries of the players selected for the SLPL according to the Sunday Times.
US$ 100,000 – Chris Gayle
US$ 50,000 – Shahid Afridi
Icon-Players : US$ 50,000 – Mahela Jayawardena for Wayamba, Kumar Sangakkara for Kandurata, Angelo Mathews for Nagenahira, Muttiah Muralitharan for Uthura, Chris Gayle for Uva, Lasith Malinga or Ruhuna and T.M. Dilshan for Basnahira.
US$ 35,000 – Albie Morkel, Dirk Nannes, Andrew McDonald, Shoaib Malik, Chamara Kapugedera, Dinesh Chandimal, Nuwan Kulasekara, Rangana Herath, Sanath Jayasuriya, Thisara Perera.
US$ 30,000 – Mitchell Marsh, Daniel Harris, Ryan Harris, Aaron Finch, Azhar Mahmood, Brad Hodge, Marlon Samuels, Callum Ferguson, James Franklin.
US$ 25,000 – Shakib-ul-Hasan, David Miller, Travis Birt, Nathan McCullum, Richard Levi, Umar Akmal, Kemar Roach, James Faulkner, Abdul Razzaq, Brad Hodge, Saeed Ajmal, Misbah-ul-Haq, Johan Botha, Adam Voges, Tim Southee, Clint McKay, Umar Gul, Ajantha Mendis, Chamara Silva, Chaminda Vaas, Chanaka Welagedara, Dilhara Fernando, Farveez Maharoof, Lahiru Thirimanne, Prasanna Jayawardena, Suraj Randiv, Suranga Lakmal, Tharanga Paranavithana, Thilan Samaraweera, Thilina Kandamby, Upul Tharanga.
US$ 20,000 – Imran Farhat, Fidel Edwards, Dillon de Preez, Samuel Badree, Imran Nazir, Ahmed Sharzad, Ben Laughlin, Mushfiqur Rahim, Jerome Taylor, Colin Ingram, Sohail Tanvir, Chris Lynn, Daniel Smith, Robin Peterson, Camaron Borgas, Abdur Rehman, Dhammika Prasad, Dilruwan Perera, Dimuth Karunaratne, Isuru Udana, Jeevan Mendis, Jehan Mubarak, Kaushalya Lokuarachchi, Kaushal Silva, Kosala Kulasekara, Mahela Udawatte, Nuwan Pradeep, Sachithra Senanayake, Seekkuge Prasanna, Shamindra Eranga.15,000: Angelo Perera, Ashan Priyanjan, Ashen Silva, Dilshan Munaweera, Janaka Gunaratne, Kanishka Elvitigala, Kusal Janith Perera, Malinda Warnapura, Malinga Bandara, Malinga Pushpakumara, Milinda Siriwardena, Nadeera Nawala, Nilanka Premaratne, Roshen Silva, Sachithra Serasinghe, Sajeewa Weerakoon, Sohan Boralessa, TN Sampath, Tharanga Lakshitha, Tilina Thushara, Yohan de Silva.
US$ 18,000 – Tamim Iqbal.
US$ 16,000 – Nazir Hossain.
US$ 15,000 – Kevin Cooper, Ryan McLaren, Hammad Azam.
US$ 12,000 – Elias Sunny.
US$ 10,000 – Brendon Taylor, Dane James Vilas.
US$ 7,000 – Akalanka Ganegama, Akila Ishanka, Alankara Asanka, Amal Athulathmudali, Andy Solomans, Chaminda Vidanapathirana, Charith Sylvester, Chathuranga Kumara, Chinthaka Jayasinghe, Chinthaka Perera, Denuwan Rajakaruna, Dilesh Buddhika, Dilhara Lokuhettige, Dinesh Darshapriya, Gayan Wijekoon, Gihan Rupasinghe, Indika de Saram, Ishan Jayaratne, Ishara Amerasinghe, Jeewantha Kulatunga, Kaushal Weeraratne, Madura Lakmal, Madushanka Ekanayake, Nimesh Perera, Nipun Karunanayake, Sachith Pathirana, Saliya Saman, Sameera Zoysa, Sanjaya Gangodawila, Shalika Karunanayake, Shanuka Dissanayake.
US$ 5,000 – Akhila Dhananjaya, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Chathura Peiris, Dhananjaya de Silva, Danushka Gunathilaka, Dasun Shanaka, Dushmantha Chameera, Gayan Manishan, Kasun Madushanka, Kithruwan Vithanage, Lahiru Jayaratne, Lahiru Madhushanka, Niroshan Dikwella, PHD Kaushalya, Ramith Rambukwella, Romesh Buddhika, Rushan Jaleel, Sandun Weerakody, Shehan Jayasuriya, Udara Jayasundara, Vishva.
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