In recent news, BCCI has made advance payments to a host of international players who are signed up to play in next year’s Indian Premier League. It has been reported on Cricinfo.com that Shane Warne is the highest paid of all with $400,000 as his sign-on fee. Glenn McGrath and Stephen Fleming were the second highest paid stars getting $350,000 each. The following is a list of all the players who have received their contracts so far:

Shane Warne - 400,000
Glenn McGrath - 350,000
Stephen Fleming - 350,000
Mohammad Yousuf - 330,000
Shoaib Malik - 300,000
Kumar Sangakarra - 250,000
Mahela Jayawardene - 250,000
Muttiah Muralitharan - 250,000
Sanath Jayasuriya - 250,000
Mohammad Asif - 225,000
Shahid Afridi - 225,000
Shoaib Akhtar - 225,000
Younus Khan - 225,000
Daniel Vettori - 225,000
Graeme Smith - 225,000
Herschelle Gibbs - 225,000
Lasith Malinga - 200,000
Jacob Oram - 200,000
Albie Morkel - 200,000
Shaun Pollock - 200,000
Jacques Kallis - 200,000
Justin Langer - 175,000
Chaminda Vaas - 175,000
Shivnarine Chanderpaul - 175,000
Brendon McCullum - 175,000
AB de Villiers - 175,000
Makhaya Ntini - 175,000
Mark Boucher - 175,000
Fervez Maharoof - 150,000
Dilhara Fernando - 150,000
Scott Styris - 150,000
Loots Bosman - 150,000
Ashwell Prince - 150,000
Nuwan Zoysa - 100,000

ICL on the other hand had a total of approximately US$4.5 million in prize money.

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