Dhoni's every single run cost Rs 4.3 lakhs, while Kohli's cost Rs 4.8 lakhs in IPL 2017

Cricketers get paid a lot of money in the Indian Premier League, but it does not guarantee how they will perform. Sometimes it is good investment, sometimes bad for team owners.  Here's a list of the highest  paid batsmen and the number of runs they scored. Even though the value of the player is not limited to the runs scored, we have taken the liberty to calculate what their every run was worth. To put it in perspective for readers, the lesser the cost for every single run, the more valuable the player to the team owners. Hence, star players such as Virat Kohli and M.S Dhoni were less valuable as compared to somebody like Suresh Raina who was paid less but scored more runs.

AB de Villiers - Rs 9.5 crore
Innings: 9
Runs: 216

Every run cost Rs 4,39,814

Suresh Raina - 9.5 crore
Innings: 14
Runs: 442  

Every run cost Rs 2,14,932

Kieron Pollard - 9.7 crore
Innings: 17
Runs: 385

Every run cost Rs 2,51,948

Gautam Gambhir - 10 crore
Innings: 16
Runs: 498
 
Every run cost Rs 2,00,803

Rohit Sharma - 11.5 crore
Innings: 17
Runs: 333

Every run cost Rs 3,45,345

Shikhar Dhawan - 12.5 crore
Innings: 14
Runs: 479

Every run cost Rs 2,60,960

MS Dhoni - 12.5 crore
Innings: 16
Runs: 290

Every run cost Rs 4,31,034

Ben Stokes - 14.5 crore
Innings: 12
Runs: 316

Every run cost Rs 4,58,860

Virat Kohli - 15 crore
Innings: 10
Runs: 308

Every run cost Rs 4,87,012