Mumbai Indians captain and opener Rohit Sharma is currently third on the list of most runs scored in the history of the IPL.
Following Virat Kohli (6411 runs at an average of 36), and Shikhar Dhawan (6086 runs at 35) is the India and MI opener Rohit Sharma, who has amassed 5764 runs at an average of 30 in the IPL. Rohit has smashed a century and 40 half-centuries in the IPL.
David Warner, Suresh Raina, and AB de Villiers are the only other batters who have scored over 5000 runs in the IPL. In the upcoming IPL 2023, Rohit, the MI skipper, and their star opener, has a chance to join Kohli and Dhawan in the elite list of batters with over 3000 runs in the IPL.
Talking about Rohit’s salary in the IPL, the MI captain from 2022 has been retained for a bumper contract of 16 crore. In the previous 4-season cycle from the 2018 mega-auction to the 2022 mega-auction, Rohit Sharma was retained for 15 crore, and then in 2022 got a raise of 1 crore. MI won two titles – in 2019 and 2020 – in the previous cycle.
These 16 crore contracts in 2022 and 2023 has taken Rohit Sharma’s IPL earnings in contracts from the IPL franchises to Rs. 178.6 crore (including IPL 2023) in total, leaving behind CSK captain MS Dhoni, whose combined salaries in the IPL add up to Rs. 176.84 crore.
How much Rohit Sharma has made per run in the last 5 IPL seasons?
Considering the last 5 IPL seasons – 2018 to 2022 – Rohit Sharma has racked up 66 crores in salaries from MI. In the last 5 IPL tournaments, he’s scored 286, 405, 332, 381, and 268 runs respectively, totalling to 1672 runs. So, in the last 5 IPL seasons, Rohit earned 3.94 lakh per run! And overall, in the 15 IPL seasons, Rohit made 2.82 lakhs per run.
