IPL players second most payed sportsmen

Close on the heels of the news that the brand value of IPL has more than doubled to cross $ 4.1 billion comes another news that IPL player are the second highest paid sportsmen in the world. According to a survey, IPL players make 48,243 pounds a week, next only to American National Basketball Association players who top the league with an average yearly pay packet of 50,487 pounds a week.Even the America’s Major League baseball lag behind IPL at third place with weekly wage of 35,147 pounds, English Premier League (EPL) footballers are the fourth highest paid sportsmen in the world..IPL is highly ranked because the players are supposed to play just for the short season of 6 weeks unlike many other events which have a longer season.Kevin Pietersen’s last year deal with the Bangalore Royal Challengers was worth £1.08 million for just six weeks of cricket.