Indian Premier League founder Lalit Modi has made a surprising prediction. Before the start of IPL 2026, Rajasthan Royals franchise was sold for US $ 1.63 billion. Whereas RCB was sold for even more, 1.78 billion US dollars. These figures are proof that IPL has indeed become one of the richest cricket leagues in the world. Now IPL founder Lalit Modi says that by the year 2030, a player will start earning Rs 150 crore.

$100 million team purse

Currently the purse of the teams in IPL is Rs 125 crore. This means that any one team can spend Rs 125 crore (about 15 million dollars) to prepare a squad of maximum 25 players. Lalit Modi believes that after the next five years the purse of the teams will have reached 100 million dollars. This amount is more than Rs 930 crore. If Modi’s prediction turns out to be true then the team purse would have increased more than 7 times.

Earning of one player is Rs 150 crore

Currently, the most expensive player of the Indian Premier League is Rishabh Pant, who was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 27 crore in the mega auction of IPL 2025. At second place is Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer, who is getting Rs 26.75 crore.

On Michael Vaughan’s The Overlap podcast, Lalit Modi says that in just 5 years the bids placed on players would have increased more than 5 times. He says that by 2030, a player will be able to earn Rs 130-150 crore from IPL contract. He has given this amount for the top 3-4 players in each team.

According to media reports, IPL has become the second largest league in the world in terms of brand value. Only the NFL (National Football League) played in America is ahead of it. IPL has left behind iconic leagues like NBA, MLB.

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IPL vs PSL Net Worth: The biggest franchise leagues of India and Pakistan are going to come face to face in the year 2026. The 11th season of Pakistan Super League (PSL 11) will start from March 26 and IPL 2026 will start just two days after that. This time the IPL and PSL tournaments will be played at the same time, due to which the viewership of Pakistan Super League in particular may be affected. But do you know how much difference there is in the brand value of these two leagues of India and Pakistan.

IPL vs PSL

First of all, if we talk about Indian Premier League, it is one of the richest sports leagues in the world. It was started in the year 2008. According to a report published in Financial Express, in 2025, the brand value of IPL is 18.5 billion US dollars. This amount is approximately equal to Rs 1.56 lakh crore.

On the other hand, Pakistan’s PSL appears like a beggar in front of it. Pakistan Super League was started in 2016 and its brand value is said to be between US$150-200 million. Even if $200 million is considered, the brand value of PSL will be around Rs 1,840 crore. If these figures are considered as the basis, then IPL is 92.5 times ahead of Pakistan Super League in terms of brand value.

how to earn money

The biggest source of income for franchise leagues like IPL and PSL are broadcasting rights. In the same year, the broadcasting rights of Pakistan Super League were sold to Walee Technologies for about 93 million dollars for 4 years. On the other hand, the broadcasting rights of the Indian Premier League for 2023-27 are with Viacom Digital and Disney Star, which they bought for about Rs 48,390 crore. PSL is far behind in this matter also. Apart from this, the league also earns a good amount from sponsorship, ticket sales and franchise fees.

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