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Pakistani player Babar Azam is also going to play in Big Bash League. The player draft is done before the start of this league, but under the pre-signing draft, Sydney Sixers have included Babar Azam in their team. ,Read more

It has been decided that Pakistani player Babar Azam is also going to play in the Big Bash League. The Big Bash League 2025-26 to be held in Australia will start from December 14 and the final of this league will be played on 25 January. The player draft is done before the start of this league, but under the pre-signing draft, Sydney Sixers have included Babar Azam in their team. But even after going to the platinum category in this league, Babar Azam will get less salary than the uncapted player playing in the IPL. That is, the former Pakistan captain will not get the money equal to Vaibhav Suryavanshi.
After the IPL, the players in the Big Bash League, one of the best leagues in the world, are divided into four categories and accordingly the salary of the players is decided. Players coming to the platinum category get the highest salary and the player with the Bronze category gets the least salary. In BBL, Babar Azam has been signed in the Platinum category, so this Pakistani player can get up to 4,20,000 US dollars to play this league. This is equal to Rs 3.68 crore in Indian currency. In IPL 2025, Punjab Kings opening batsman Priyansh Arya batted a lot. This player was bought by Preity Zinta’s Punjab team for Rs 3.80 crore, which is more than the salary of platinum players in BBL. So far Priyansh Arya has not got a chance to play in the Indian team.
In the mega auction of IPL 2025, Rajasthan Royals bought this young left hand batter for Rs 1.1 crore. Vaibhav scored 252 runs through a strike rate of 206.55 in just 7 innings throughout the tournament, making him one of the team’s most trusted batsmen. On the basis of this performance, he has also become a strong retention candidate for IPL 2026 and it is expected that Rajasthan will retain Vaibhav by giving an amount of above 5 crores, which is a lot more than the salary of the big bash from Babur at any time.