World Cup 2019: Team-wise combined salaries of all players

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A significant revenue generated by the cricket boards from all around the world goes into the salaries of the players. Depending upon their abilities and the number of formats that they play, the players are usually divided into several categories for their central contracts. Often, the players who feature regularly for the team are placed in a higher price bracket.

Apart from this, the cricketers also earn through match fees, special performance appraisals, et al from their respective boards. Every year, these central contract lists are updated. Based upon the current form of the player and their performances, they either manage to retain the contracts or get removed. Almost every player featuring in the World Cup 2019 has got a central contract. Here is what the estimate of their combined salary could be, team-wise.

Here are combined salaries of the players from the ten World Cup squads:

1. New Zealand | $2,625,000 (around INR 18.72 crores)

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) announced the central contracts for the 2019-20 season just a few weeks ago. The cricket board decided to award the contracts to 20 players. While three players were included to the list, three cricketers who got a contract during the 2018-19 season had to miss out. The top 20 players are also ranked from 1-20 and get their salaries accordingly.

NZC hasn’t revealed the exact payment made to these players. But according to the website Stuff, the retainers ranged from $236,000 for the top-ranked down to $100,000 for 18-20. These figures are for the 2018-19 season and might have increased for this calendar year. Thus, the average salary for a player could be anywhere around $180,000 (Rs 1.2 lakhs). Since all the 15 players taking part in the World Cup are centrally contracted, the sum of their salaries could add up to $2,700,000 dollars approximately.