Pakistan’s star batter Babar Azam A historical contract with Sydney Sixers for Big Bash League (BBL) 2025-26Marking its first term in Australia’s leading T20 competition. The deal straightens the status of Babur, one of the most attractive in BBL history, as one of the world’s most demanded T20 cricketers. However, even this impressive payday is less than India’s record-breaking income Rishabh Pant This year in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Babur’s big bash success
Sydney Sixers announced Babur’s signature as Babur’s pre-draft international recruitment, making him the focal point of his foreign lineup for BBL 15. With a string of praise, including 30 -year -old, more than 10,000 international runs and ICC Men Cricketer of the Year (2022), the choice of choice will be included, Steve Smith And Heinrich As Sixers see the BBL Crown to retrieve.
Babur’s contract is almost worth PKR 10 million (approximately 420,000), it is placed in a platinum salary bracket – the highest grade for foreign players in BBL. This makes him one of the top-paying players in the history of the league and signs a marquee for Sixers, which was still the only franchise to pre-comprehensive a foreign player before the draft.
BBL’s pay structure
BBL’s international pay levels for 2025 are as follows:
- Platinum: AUD 360,000-420,000 (approx. 2-2.36 crore)
- Gold: AUD 300,000 (about) 1.68 crore)
- Silver: AUD 200,000 (about) 1.12 crore)
- Bronze: AUD 100,000 (about 56 lakhs)
Babur’s deal not only tops the platinum bracket, but also sets a new benchmark for Pakistani players in the league, such as with contemporary Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Afridi And Shadab Khan Top-level contracts are expected to command.
Rishabh Pant’s IPL record is still unmatched
Despite Babur’s record BBL deal, his earnings are dwarf with the IPL contract of the pants. In the IPL 2025 mega auction, the pants were instigated by the Lucknow super veterans for a shocking of 27 crores, which was the highest salary for an IPL player so far. Even after taxes and deductions, the in-hand salary of the pants is ₹ 15.52 crore-what will Babur make in BBL.
Pants IPL Pachek not only reflects the financial strength of the Indian League, but the player outlines the Gulf among the IPL and other T20 tournaments for remuneration.
