5 most paid batsmen across all IPL seasons

#4 Gautam Gambhir ($14.22M- 94.6 crore INR approx)

Gautam Gambhir had a brilliant reign with KKR

Gambhir after a long and successful career announced his retirement from competitive cricket recently. The former Indian skipper apart from fetching good success with the bat, had a great captaincy stint in the league, helping Kolkata Knight Riders win a couple of IPL trophies.

The left-handed batsman started his IPL journey with Delhi Daredevils (now Capitals) but later settled with Kolkata. He played for KKR with the contract of 11.04 croreINR and ended up earning a total of $14.22 million in the tournament.

#3 Virat Kohli ($16.4M- 109.2 crore INR approx)

Kohli has earned over 109 crores so far in the IPL

Indian skipper, Virat Kohli alike international cricket has been a hot property in the IPL. He has just played for a single franchise from the very beginning till now. However, if one talks about his team's success in the tournament, then it hasn't been the way Kohli would have wanted.

Meanwhile, the batting heavyweight has earned the healthy amount of $16.4 million across all the seasons of IPL. His current contract with Royal Challengers Bangalore is worth 17 crore INR, which is the most expensive of all.