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IPL 2026: Player who works for 6 months and rests for 6 months is amazing, salary is more than 27 crores
Sanjeev Kumar | May 7, 2026 4:24 PM CST

Klaasen is amazing (Photo-PTI)

On one hand, people struggle daily to earn money, on the other hand, there is a player who rests for 6 months and plays cricket for 6 months. He earns crores of rupees in these 6 months. We are talking about Heinrich Klaasen who has said goodbye to international cricket and he plays only T20 league. We are talking about Heinrich Klaasen who plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL and he has done wonders this season. This right-handed batsman has scored the maximum of 495 runs and is on top in the race for Orange Cap. Let us tell you which leagues Heinrich Klaasen plays and how much money does he get?

How much money does Heinrich Klaasen earn from which leagues?

Apart from IPL, Heinrich Klaasen participates in SA20, Major League Cricket and The Hundred. IPL lasts for 2 months and other leagues do not last more than a month. Klaasen has said goodbye to international cricket and now he plays leagues for 5 to 6 months and after that he spends time with his family for 6 months. Let us now tell you how much money Heinrich Klaasen gets from which league.

Heinrich Klaasen's IPL salary is Rs 23 crore. Sunrisers Hyderabad bought this player for Rs 5.25 crore in 2024 and when it came to retention in 2025, Hyderabad retained him for Rs 23 crore. Hyderabad also gave him Rs 23 crore for IPL 2026. Klaasen, who plays for Durban Supergiants in SA20, gets Rs 2 crore. Klaasen, who plays for Seattle Orcas in Major League Cricket, gets Rs 1.46 crore. His salary in The Hundred is around Rs 2 crores. It is clear that Heinrich Klaasen can easily earn more than Rs 27 crore just by playing in the leagues.

Heinrich Klaasen's amazing form

Heinrich Klaasen has had amazing form in IPL 2026. This player could score 31 runs in 22 balls against RCB in the first match but after this Klaasen played innings of 52 runs against KKR and 62 runs against Lucknow. After playing innings of 39 runs against Punjab and 40 runs against Rajasthan, he again played an excellent inning of 59 runs against Chennai. Against Delhi, this player scored unbeaten 37 runs in just 13 balls. He scored 29 runs against Rajasthan and 65 not out against Mumbai. Against KKR, this player was out for 11 runs and against Punjab, he made the team win the match by scoring 69 runs.

Anoop Dev Singh

Anoop Dev Singh

I am a resident of Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand. I am very fond of sports since childhood. Especially cricket which is also called the religion of this country. Did his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya. In 2006, he obtained a degree in Hindi Journalism from Delhi University and after that he entered the field of media and made sports news his profession. Got the first job of my career in Network 18 Group. I started with IBN7 news channel where I played a long innings of five years. After this worked with big national channels like India TV, News Nation. In 2016, he stepped into digital media and Zee Network gave him this opportunity. Worked with Cricket Country for a year and then returned to Network 18. News 18 Hindi website brought every sports news to the readers for 4 years. Now I am with TV9. Not only cricket, I deliver every sports news to you in a new style and new style.

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