IPL: The cost of each wicket taken by the top 5 bowlers in the tournament's history

#4 Harbhajan Singh - INR 40.4 Lakhs/Wicket

Harbhajan Singh is a veteran

The veteran Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is one of the most successful bowlers in the history of the tournament. Harbhajan started his IPL career with Mumbai Indians in 2008 and represented them till 2017, before being bought by Chennai Super Kings in 2018. He has been retained by CSK for this year's IPL for INR 2 crores.

Harbhajan has thus far played in 149 matches and has scalped 134 wickets with an economy of 7.05. The 38-year-old is currently the fifth highest wicket-taker in the history of the tournament.

With a total IPL salary of INR 54.14 crores, the Punjab-born bowler is also the third highest paid bowler in the history of Indian Premier League.

Thus the former Mumbai Indians bowler was paid a whopping sum of INR 40.14 lakhs for each wicket he has scalped thus far in the tournament.