Shreyas Santosh Iyer is an Indian international cricketer who plays as a right-handed middle-order batter and serves as the vice-captain of India in ODIs. He represents Mumbai in domestic cricket and captains the Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League. Iyer was part of the Indian team that won the 2025 Champions Trophy.
He scored a century on his Test debut and a half-century in the second innings against New Zealand in November 2021, becoming the first Indian to achieve this feat. Iyer played for India Under-19s in the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and was part of India’s squad in the 2023 Cricket World Cup, scoring a century against New Zealand in the semi-finals.
He also contributed to India’s victory in the 2023 Asia Cup. In the IPL, he captained the Kolkata Knight Riders from 2022 to 2024 and won his first IPL title as captain in 2024. Iyer was named ICC Men’s Player of the Month twice, in February 2022 and March 2025, for his outstanding performances during India’s 2025 Champions Trophy campaign.
Shreyas Iyer Contract With BCCI
Shreyas Iyer’s contract is a Grade B central contract with the BCCI, earning an annual retainer of ₹3 crore. He also gets match fees of ₹3 lakh for T20I, ₹6 lakh for ODI, and ₹15 lakh for Test matches.
What is Shreyas Iyer’s Salary
Shreyas Iyer’s contract earns him ₹3 crore annually from his Grade B BCCI central contract, along with match fees of ₹15 lakh per Test, ₹6 lakh per ODI, and ₹3 lakh per T20I. His IPL salary for the year with Punjab Kings is ₹26.75 crore, and he has scored over 3,000 runs in the tournament at an average of about 35.
How much does Shreyas Iyer make in a minute?
Shreyas Iyer makes about ₹566 per minute from his ₹29.75 crore annual salary.
What is Shreyas Iyer’s Career Earnings
Shreyas Iyer’s career earnings as of 2024-25 are about 65 crores. He earns ₹3 crore annually from his Grade B BCCI central contract, with match fees of ₹15 lakh per Test, ₹6 lakh per ODI, and ₹3 lakh per T20I. In the IPL, he earns ₹26.75 crore in 2025 playing for Punjab Kings. His car collection includes a Lamborghini Huracan and a Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG, and he resides in Mumbai, India.
Shreyas Iyer’s Year-by-Year Contract History
BCCI Contract
Shreyas Iyer’s contract with the BCCI allows him to earn an annual salary of INR 3 crore. He returned to the BCCI central contracts list for the 2024-25 season after missing out the previous year. He is placed in Grade B, along with players like Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav. Iyer had lost his contract the prior year due to back spasms and missing domestic cricket.
| Year | Annual Salary (INR) |
| 2025 | ₹3 crore |
IPL Contract
Shreyas Iyer’s contract in 2025 is with Punjab Kings for ₹26.75 crore. He previously played for Kolkata Knight Riders from 2022 to 2024, earning ₹12.25 crore each season. Before that, he was with Delhi Capitals in 2021 for ₹7 crore, and when the team was still called Delhi Daredevils, he played from 2015 to 2020, earning between ₹2.6 crore and ₹7 crore depending on the year.
| Year | Annual Salary (INR) |
| 2025 | ₹26.75 crore |
| 2024 | ₹12.25 crore |
| 2023 | ₹12.25 crore |
| 2022 | ₹12.25 crore |
| 2021 | ₹7 crore |
| 2020 | ₹7 crore |
| 2019 | ₹7 crore |
| 2018 | ₹7 crore |
| 2017 | ₹2.60 crore |
| 2016 | ₹2.60 crore |
| 2015 | ₹2.60 crore |
FAQs.
Q. Which actress has a crush on Shreyas Iyer?
A. Actress Edin Rose has publicly said she has a crush on Shreyas Iyer and imagines being married to him in her mind.
Q. What is Shreyas Iyer’s mother tongue?
A. Shreyas Iyer’s mother tongue is Tamil. He also speaks Marathi and Hindi.
Q. Why did Shreyas Iyer leave KKR?
A. Shreyas Iyer left KKR because he felt a lack of communication and recognition in the team. He also wanted to test his value in the IPL mega auction.
Q. Who bought Shreyas Iyer in the IPL 2025 auction?
A. Punjab Kings bought Shreyas Iyer for ₹26.75 crore in the IPL 2025 auction.
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