New Delhi: Hardik Pandya will be seen playing for Punjab Kings in IPL 2027. Hardik Pandya has been traded by Mumbai Indians for Arshdeep Singh. This trade deal has resulted in a monetary gain of ₹1.65 crore (16.5 million rupees). He was earning ₹16.35 crore (16.35 million rupees) annually with Mumbai Indians for the past two years, but will receive ₹18 crore (18 million rupees) from Punjab Kings. Find out what his annual IPL salary has been, year after year.
Even though today Hardik Pandya’s IPL salary is Rs 18 crore per year, there was a time when he used to get Rs 10 lakh annually for playing IPL and then he remained on the same salary for three years, but then he made a direct jump to Rs 11 crore. Hardik Pandya’s trade was officially confirmed on Wednesday, November 11, 2026. He has been playing IPL since 2015. Punjab Kings will be his third franchise. Till now he has played for Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans.
In the first three years, he received only Rs 10 lakh each
Talking about Hardik Pandya’s year-wise salary in IPL, he received Rs 10 lakh from Mumbai Indians in the 2015 mega auction. MI retained him for the same amount for the next two seasons, but in the 2018 mega auction, Mumbai Indians opened their coffers and gave him Rs 11 crore. He received this salary for the next four years. However, in 2022, he moved to Gujarat Titans, where he received Rs 15 crore each for the 2022 and 2023 seasons. In 2024, he again joined Mumbai Indians.
Mumbai Indians paid Hardik Pandya ₹15 crore for the 2024 season, but his salary was increased to ₹16.35 crore in the 2025 mega auction. He played for MI for two years at this salary and has now moved to Punjab Kings, where his salary is ₹18 crore. This is for this season only. If he is retained in next year’s mega auction, how much salary will PBKS pay him or release him? This will depend on his performance.
Hardik has earned Rs 140 crore so far
If we talk about Hardik Pandya’s IPL salary alone, it has reached Rs 140 crore. If the salary of the 2027 season is included, then his salary has reached Rs 140 crore. Although his total salary in the first three years was Rs 30 lakh, but in the next four years he received Rs 44 crore. After this, he received a total amount of Rs 45 crore in the next three years. Then in two years he received Rs 32 crore 70 lakh and now he is going to get Rs 18 crore. In this way, he is included in the club in which players have earned Rs 100 crore or more from IPL salary.
