Former Pakistan All-Rounder Shahid Afridi is representing the Galle Gladiators franchise in the ongoing Lanka Premier League 2020 (LPL 2020) tournament where he played 3 matches. However, he has temporarily left the tournament due to some personal reason. Shahid Afridi is among the well known overseas names to participate in the first edition of the Sri Lankan T20 event.
Imran Tahir outearns Shahid Afridi’s entire LPL 2020 package
IPL is claimed by many to be one of the best cricketing league in the world where the best players unites to play together combining with talented local talents. IPL has also helped team India recruit many superstars like Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah. IPL is watched globally and it is tipped to be one of the most entertaining league. No brainer that the price paid to every players is so high in this league.
Quite recently, Imran Tahir reprised his playing role for the MS Dhoni-led Chennai side in the Dream11 Indian Premier League 2020 (IPL 2020) season. Due to stiff competition in the playing XI, Tahir ended up playing only three matches in Chennai’s entire 14-match league campaign in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
However, Imran Tahir IPL 2020 price shows that he earned more through his Chennai contract for playing just three matches than the combined LPL 2020 salaries of Pakistan veterans Shahid Afridi and Mohammad Hafeez. Dream11 IPL 2020 auction and player’s retaining window happened late in 2019. As per the signing, the Tahir IPL 2020 price is ₹1 crore, which is quite good for a 40 year old spinner. Imran Tahir became one of the 20 cricketers to be retained by Chennai from their squad of the 2019 edition.
On the other hand, both Shahid Afridi and Mohammad Hafeez were purchased for ₹37,00,000 each by their LPL 2020 franchises, before the latter opted himself out of the tournament. Mohammad Amir, the Pakistani bowler, will earn around ₹18,50,000 according to multiple media reports. If only Afridi and Amir’s salaries are combined, then it comes up to being 44.5% percent lesser than Imran Tahir’s Dream11 IPL 2020 salary for three-time winners Chennai.
Shahid Afridi’s ex-teammate and current Pakistani all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez also represent a LPL 2020 franchise, Colombo Kings, before pulling himself out to commit for his national’s side upcoming international fixtures in New Zealand which will start from December 18. Pakistani players are recently isolating for 2 weeks as per the rule by New Zealand cricket.
