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No credible outlet has published a verified net worth for Sarfaraz Khan. The $2 million (about ₹17 crore) this page used to give had no source, and it is roughly twice what his documented cricket pay adds up to. What can be counted is ₹5.15 crore of IPL contracts with four franchises since 2015, two years of BCCI Grade C retainers and the match fees from six Tests: about ₹8 crore before tax. His net worth is lower than that once tax and spending come out.
Updated 25 October 2026: rewritten with his full IPL contract history, his first season at Chennai Super Kings and the BCCI’s 2025-26 contract list, which left him out. Facts checked against Sportstar, the Times of India, Hindustan Times, IANS, the ICC and Business Today. The earlier IPL table listed a ₹3 crore salary for 2018. That was RCB’s purse deduction, not his pay.
What Is Sarfaraz Khan’s Net Worth in 2026?
There is no verified figure. This is what his documented cricket income adds up to, gross:
- IPL contracts, 2015 to 2026: ₹5.15 crore
- BCCI Grade C retainers, 2023-24 and 2024-25: ₹2 crore (₹1 crore a year)
- Test match fees: six Tests at ₹15 lakh each, ₹90 lakh
- Total: about ₹8.05 crore, before income tax and before his Mumbai match fees
He is 29, born in Mumbai on 22 October 1997, and no endorsement deal of his has been reported with a value.
How Much Has Sarfaraz Khan Earned From the IPL?
| Season | Team | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ₹50 lakh |
| 2016 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ₹50 lakh |
| 2017 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ₹50 lakh (missed the season injured) |
| 2018 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ₹1.75 crore (retained) |
| 2019 | Kings XI Punjab | ₹25 lakh |
| 2020 | Kings XI Punjab | ₹25 lakh |
| 2021 | Punjab Kings | ₹25 lakh |
| 2022 | Delhi Capitals | ₹20 lakh |
| 2023 | Delhi Capitals | ₹20 lakh |
| 2024 | No contract | — |
| 2025 | No contract | — |
| 2026 | Chennai Super Kings | ₹75 lakh |
| Total | ₹5.15 crore |
RCB bought him for ₹50 lakh in 2015, when at 17 years and 177 days he became the youngest player to appear in an IPL match at the time. The 2018 row is the one the old version of this page got wrong. RCB retained him at ₹1.75 crore, but because a retained uncapped player cost at least ₹3 crore under the IPL’s rules, the franchise had ₹3 crore taken off its auction purse (Times of India). He was paid ₹1.75 crore. The ₹3 crore was RCB’s cost.
Delhi Capitals released him after 2023, and he had no IPL contract in 2024 or 2025. In December 2025, Chennai Super Kings bought him at the Abu Dhabi auction for his base price of ₹75 lakh (Sportstar). His best innings of the season was 50 off 25 balls against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and CSK finished eighth with six wins from 14 matches.
That ₹75 lakh is about a seventeenth of the ₹13 crore floor on our list of the highest-paid IPL players of 2026. Delhi Capitals paid the same price for the England leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed as a replacement signing in April.
Does Sarfaraz Khan Have a BCCI Central Contract?
Not for 2025-26. He was added to Grade C in March 2024, after his Test debut, at a retainer of ₹1 crore a year (Hindustan Times), and kept his Grade C place for 2024-25 (ICC). The 2025-26 list, announced on 9 February 2026 and covering 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026, dropped him along with Mohammed Shami, Rajat Patidar and Mukesh Kumar (IANS). Grade C is still worth ₹1 crore a year (Business Today), so losing it removed his largest guaranteed income.
He made his Test debut against England in Rajkot on 15 February 2024 and scored 62 and 68 not out. In the same match Yashasvi Jaiswal made 214 not out. His fellow debutant of that series, the fast bowler Akash Deep, kept his Grade C contract for 2025-26. Sarfaraz has played six Tests, scoring 371 runs at 37.10 with a top score of 150. He was named in India’s squad for the two-Test series in Sri Lanka in August 2026 as a replacement for the injured Sai Sudharsan, but he has not added to his six caps.
BCCI match fees are ₹15 lakh for a Test, ₹6 lakh for an ODI and ₹3 lakh for a T20I. He has played only Tests for India.
What Does Sarfaraz Khan Earn in Domestic Cricket?
Sarfaraz plays for Mumbai. In 64 first-class matches he has scored 5,160 runs at 62.92, with 17 hundreds and a top score of 301 not out. Under the BCCI’s 2021 pay scale, a player with that many first-class matches is in the top band of ₹60,000 per playing day (CricTracker). The old version of this page said ₹40,000, which is the rate for a player with 20 matches or fewer.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which IPL team is Sarfaraz Khan playing for in 2026?
Chennai Super Kings. They bought him for his base price of ₹75 lakh at the IPL 2026 auction in Abu Dhabi in December 2025.
How much has Sarfaraz Khan earned from the IPL?
His IPL contracts from 2015 to 2026 add up to ₹5.15 crore, with RCB, Kings XI Punjab, Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings. His biggest single season was ₹1.75 crore, when RCB retained him for 2018.
Does Sarfaraz Khan have a BCCI central contract?
No. He was in Grade C, worth ₹1 crore a year, in 2023-24 and 2024-25, but he was left out of the 2025-26 list announced in February 2026.
What is Sarfaraz Khan’s height?
5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m).
Who is Sarfaraz Khan’s father and coach?
His father is Naushad Khan, a former Mumbai cricketer who also coached him. His younger brother Musheer Khan is also a cricketer.
