IPL 2017: 10 highest paid players

#6 Rohit Sharma – 11.5 crore

Rohit Sharma is always at his best when he dons the MI jersey

The inconsistent performances by Rohit Sharma in international cricket have been under scrutiny for quite sometime now. But, when in the Mumbai Indians jersey, he is a different player altogether. The opener scored 3,385 runs including a hundred and 24 fifties in his 128 IPL games for Mumbai which is why the franchise retained him for Rs 11.5 crore.

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#5 Tymal Mills – 12 crore

Tymal Mills’ was one of the rags to riches IPL stories

Tymal Mills was the second English player to raise the heat at the 2017 auction. He was first spotted by franchises in the India vs. England T20 series, where he bagged some important wickets.

Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab brought up Mills’ price to the region of 8 crores from a base price of Rs 50 lakhs. However, Royal Challengers Bangalore bagged the fast bowler at Rs 12 crore.