#4 Indian Premier League ($530 million in 2017)
The IPL had caught the imagination of the Indian public ever since its inception in 2007. With huge sponsorship and advertising revenue being poured into the league, the players have been raking in the big bucks for over a decade now. According to data that is available from the previous season, IPL has a total worth of approximately $530 billion, or Rs 34,000 crore.
The T20 league provides the perfect platform for a money-making venture for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), with the matches being telecasted and streamed on primetime. What has made the league more spectator-friendly is the short format of the T20 game.
Edited by Soumo Ghosh