Hardik Pandya's IPL Salary Over The Years From 2015 To 2027

A look at how Hardik Pandya's IPL salary has increased [Source: AFP]

The Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh MI-PBKS IPL 2027 trade deal has finally been completed and made official. With this development, Indian all-rounder Pandya is all set to join the third franchise of his IPL career.

Starting off with a base price of only INR 10 lakh with the Mumbai Indians in the IPL auction 2015, the cricketer has come a long way to his final deal price with PBKS of INR 18 crore in 2026. Ahead of Pandya joining the Punjab Kings camp for 2027 prep, let’s take a look at how his IPL salary has evolved over the past 11 years.

From 2015 to 2027: Complete breakdown of Hardik Pandya’s IPL salaries

Hardik Pandya, a then slim-looking new talent with his sensational pace bowling ability and big-hitting prowess, was picked up by the Mumbai Indians team in the IPL 2015 auction without any bidding war for his base price of INR 10 lakh. 

Seeing his consistency and talent, MI retained the cricketer for the same price for the next two years. However, after his growth in international cricket for India and a decent 2017 season, the MI franchise gave a massive boost to his salary in the following year.

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Increasing by 10,900%, Hardik Pandya’s IPL 2018 salary was INR 11 Cr as MI chose to retain the cricketer for their core. Hardik's salary then remained the same as the retention price for MI for the next few years before the team decided to release him ahead of the mega auction in 2022. 

He was drafted by Gujarat Titans for INR 15 crore. Hardik Pandya received a 36% salary hike and was also the skipper of GT for the next two seasons. 

Let’s take a look at the complete table of Pandya’s salary breakdown over the years for a better understanding.

[Hardik Pandya's IPL salaries]

As seen in the table, in 2024, though, MI again roped their star all-rounder back in with a trade where Pandya’s salary remained the same but had a small hike of 9% in the following year. 

In IPL 2025 and 2026, Hardik Pandya received a salary of INR 16.35 Cr until the Arshdeep Singh trade with Punjab Kings, where he has now again gained a hike of 10.09% to bag a salary of INR 18 crore.

Significantly, with his overall salaries over the years, till IPL 2027, Hardik Pandya has drawn a total amount of INR 140 Crore from the premier Indian tournament.

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