Over the years, the Indian Premier League has given cricket lovers a reason to rejoice. The highly entertaining cricketing event is filled with excitement, glitz, and glamour. Besides, all the individuals associated with the game end up earning handsomely in a short span of time.
Introduced in 2008, the IPL has achieved immense success and is becoming bigger and better with each passing season. Players from all around the world add to the league’s glam quotient and get to strengthen their bank balance.
Besides cricketers, umpires, match referees and other officials also pocket a good amount of fortune. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has ensured that the umpires and match referees get the well-deserved pay for the hard work they put in.
The Indian cricket board recently revealed the earnings of the umpires and match referees in the twelfth season of the IPL. On August 21, the BCCI gave away the details of payments made in July 2019. The press release included information about the salary received by match officials for their service in this year’s IPL. And well, one can only say that the figures were staggering. Each official earned more than Rs 25 Lakh.
Former India fast bowler Javagal Srinath was the highest-paid match-referee, who pocketed a whopping amount of Rs 52,45,128. Nitin Menon also got the same salary as Srinath and was the highest-paid umpire.
Here’s the complete list:
- C Shamshuddin : 41,00,242
- Manu Nayar : 41,96,102
- Nitin Menon : 52,45,128
- Javagal Srinath : 52,45,128
- S Ravi : 42,46,056
- Anil Dandekar : 32,96,938
- Yeshwant Barde : 32,96,938
- Nandan : 37,04,659
- Narayanankutty.V : 32,96,938
