Ranking the 8 IPL teams based on the average salary of the players

# 6 Chennai Super Kings

MS Dhoni has a salary of Rs.15 crore in the IPL 2019

Total Salary paid by the team – Rs.78.85 Crore

Average Salary of Players – Rs. 3.15 Crore

Chennai Super Kings has a squad size of 25 players for the 2019 edition of the IPL. The total salary paid by the team comes to Rs.78.85 crore making them the Sixth team that pays most salary per player.

The highest paid player in the squad is none other than MS Dhoni who is paid Rs.15 Crore while Suresh Raina is paid Rs.11 Crore. Chennai has 5 players at the lowest price tag of Rs.20 lakh which has reduced their average salary even though their total salary cost is the third highest in IPL 2019. The average salary of the 25 players in the squad comes to around Rs.3.15 Crore which is the third lowest in the industry.

When looking at the team from the total salary cost perspective, they are the team to have spent the third highest amount of salary money (Rs.78.85 Crore ) in IPL 2019. But when ranking the teams based on the average salary of the players in IPL 2019, Chennai Super Kings is number Six on the list.

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