Pauter Star of Pakistan Babar Azam obtained a historic contract with Sydney Sixers for the Big Bash League (BBL) 2025-26marking his first visit to the first Australian T20 competition. The agreement, one of the most lucrative in the history of the BBL, cement the status of Babar as one of the most sought after T20 cricket players in the world. However, even this impressive day of pay is well below the record gains of India Rishabh pants In the Indian Premier League (IPL) this year.
Babar’s Big Bash pierced
Sydney Sixers have announced Babar’s signature as a pre-Draft international recruit, making him the centerpiece of their overseas range for the BBL 15. The 30-year-old, with more than 10,000 international races and a series of distinctions, including the cricket player of the year of the ICC (2022), will join people like people Steve Smith And Henriques While the Sixers seek to recover the BBL crown.
The Babar contract was worth almost 10 PKR (around 420,000 AUD), placing it in the Platinum salary support – the highest note for BBL foreign players. This makes him one of the best paid players in the history of the league and a signature of a marquee for the Sixers, who were the only franchise pre-signaling a player abroad before the draft.
BBL salary structure
The international BBL salary levels for 2025 are:
- Platinum: 360,000 to 420,000 Australians (approximately 2 to 2.36 crore)
- Gold: 300,000 AUD (approximately 1.68 crores ₹)
- Silver: 200,000 AUD (approximately 1.12 crores ₹)
- Bronze: 100,000 AUD (about 56 ₹ Lakh)
The Babar agreement is not only at the top of the platinum support, but also establishes a new reference for Pakistani players in the League, with contemporaries like Mohammad Ricewan, Shaheen Afridi And Shadab Khan should also order higher level contracts.
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Rishabh Pant’s IPL disc is always unrivaled
Despite Bbar’s record agreement, its income is overshadowed by the IPL Pant contract. In the mega for auction IPL 2025, Pant was taken by Lucknow Super Giants for an Amazing Broker 27 BrokerThe highest salary of all time for an IPL player. Even after the taxes and deductions, the pant’s salary is 15.52 crosses of sterling books, which will be eight times what Babar will do in the BBL.
The IPL Pant pay check not only reflects not only the financial power of the Indian League, but also underlines the Gulf between IPL and other T20 tournaments with regard to the remuneration of players.
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