ROI analysis of the 5 highest paid players in IPL 2016

#2 MS Dhoni – 12.5 crores

It has been a tough season for MS Dhoni, who is the second-highest paid player. Dhoni has had to deal with the not so envious task of leading a new franchise Rising Pune Supergiants. It has been a painful journey for him this year, after having enjoyed tremendous success as the skipper of a successful CSK team. The 34-year-old managed to score a meagre 284 runs from 14 matches, with a solitary 50 coming against Punjab in their last match of the IPL.

The Indian limited-overs captain has been criticised for batting too low in the limited overs format since long. Even this season he could have batted up the order on numerous occasions but Dhoni also had to deal with the fact that the batting order of RPS was not as strong as CSK's.

Dhoni looked out of sorts and jaded this season. He finally got his mojo back with a tremendous knock of 64 against Kings XI Punjab in the last match against Murali Vijay’s side. Dhoni helped his team chase down 173 runs by blasting an astonishing 23 runs off the last over.

It was some consolation for RPS who avoided the wooden spoon, finishing just above Punjab in the points table.

MCA Stadium	RPS with MS Dhoni	RPS without MS Dhoni	Impact of MS Dhoni
Seating capacity	50000	40000	10000
Avg ticket price	2000	2000	2000
Total ticket revenue	10 crores	8 crores	2 crores
RPS total ticket revenue per match	8 crores	6.4 crores	1.6 crores
Note: Assuming 20 % people come to watch RPS match primarily for Dhoni, 80% of total ticket sales goes to the franchise.