10
richest Indian cricketers of all time -
Indian cricketers are some of the best-paid athletes, having wealth worth millions. It is understandable that because of the popularity and brilliant performances they have always been present in a list of the richest cricketers.
Indian cricketers are some of the best-paid athletes, having wealth worth millions. It is understandable that because of the popularity and brilliant performances they have always been present in a list of the richest cricketers.
Here are 10
richest Indian cricketers of all time .
Sachin Tendulkar
is considered
as one of the pioneers of the game. He is because of whom the sport has reached
such a height. He currently mentors the Mumbai Indians team in the IPL and is
also on the advisory board of the BCCI.
Sachin's net
worth is speculated at around $160 million or a staggering sum of Rs.1066
crores. He is associated with as many as 24 brands.
He owns
three restaurants in Mumbai and Bangalore. His personal properties are worth
over Rs. 500 crores. He owns 10 cars
worth over Rs. 20 crores. He has an autobiography titled, "Playing it my
way" and also had a movie made in his honour named, "Sachin: A
Billion Dreams." Tendulkar has adopted a village to provide electricity
and clean water to the public.
Mahendra
Singh Dhoni
Dhoni is a great
career in all formats of the game. Considered as the best ever Indian captain .
Dhoni is the highest paid player in the Indian Premier League.
Dhoni's net
worth is estimated at around Rs.734 crores. Annually, it is speculated that the
Indian limited overs captain earns $12 million. His contract with the Rising
Pune Supergiant saw him earn Rs. 15 crores each year. Dhoni has a huge collection
of cars and bikes which are said to be worth around Rs.25 crores. Dhoni has bought properties all over the country worth around Rs. 522 crores.
Virat
Kohli is one of the best-paid athletes in the world. Kohli is the second
highest paid player in the IPL. Kohli is expected to become the richest
cricketer of all time by the time he closes his career.
Virat Kohli
has a property worth around $60 million which roughly translates to a whopping
Rs. 390 crores. His IPL fee per season is Rs.14 crores and has personal
properties worth Rs.42 crores. Kohli owns two houses ,6 luxurious cars worth
Rs.9 crores. It is estimated that the captain's net worth will increase by a
massive 140% in the next years.
Virender
Sehwag
is
considered as the most destructive batsman this country has ever seen. His
fearless batting enthralled the nation for over a decade. Sehwag is currently
the head coach of Kings XI Punjab.
Viru has a
net worth of a staggering $40 million or Rs. 255 crores. In his playing days,
Sehwag had an annual salary of $5.7 million along with another $4 million from
endorsements. Sehwag also had an IPL contract worth $1.8 million. Nowadays, he
runs an international school in Haryana along with an international cricket
academy.
Yusuf
Pathan- destructive
batsman and a miserly off break bowler, Pathan became a household name in India
when he first played in the IPL for Rajasthan Royals. His performances for the
Royals earned him an Indian cap but not for long. But his role with the Kolkata
Knight Riders made him one of India's richest cricketers.
Pathan's net
worth is around $26.5 million which comes from his IPL contract with the Knight
Riders. Yusuf along with his brother Irfan run a cricket academy named, 'The
cricket academy of Pathans' in Baroda.
Suresh
Raina
is one of
the highest paid players in the IPL. He is one of the only two players that
have scored a century for India in T20 internationals.
Raina's property
is estimated at a whopping Rs.150 crore. He has numerous real estate properties
around the country which are worth Rs. 27 crores. He currently resides in
Ghaziabad in a home valued at Rs.18 crores. Raina also earns Rs. 7 crores from
his various endorsements which include brands like Pepsi, Intex, Ceat, Boost
and Adidas.
Yuvraj
Singh The left-handed
batsman was the architect of India's 2011 World Cup win.Singh represents
Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL.
The Punjab
born player has a property worth of around Rs.146 crores. He has an IPL
contract worth Rs.7 crores. Singh earns around Rs.7.5 crores from his sponsors
and brand endorsements which include the likes of Puma, Reebok, LG, Audi and
Royal Stag soda.
Yuvraj owns
two houses in Chandigarh and has made personal investments worth Rs.45 crores.
He runs a charitable organization named "YouWecan" and is believed to
have invested around Rs.50 crores for his charity work.
Rohit
Sharma The talented
Indian top order batsman is one of the best players of the national team in the
last decade. Sharma is the captain of the Mumbai Indians side - one of the most
successful sides in IPL.
His hitting
at the top of the order makes him an obvious entrant in this list being the
only cricketer to score two double centuries in one-day internationals.
Sharma's
estimated property worth is around Rs. 124.5 crores. His annual salary with the
BCCI and from the IPL counts for Rs.11.5 crores whereas he earns around Rs.7.5
crores from brand endorsements.
He owns four
cars worth Rs.5 crores and has personal investments of Rs.88.6 crores. He
currently lives in a massive house in Worli, Mumbai which is worth around 30
crore rupees.
Gautam
Gambhir The hero of
India's two World Cup triumphs showed nice performances for India, KKR and the
Delhi Ranji team.
But he
performed exceedingly well in captaining the Kolkata side in the IPL.
Gambhir has
a property of around $15.2 million which comes to roughly 101.2 crore rupees.
His earning from the Indian board is around Rs. 10 crores annually. Gambhir
earns Rs. 5 crores from his various brand endorsements and owns three luxurious
cars a Hummer, a Mercedes-Benz and an Audi.
Gambhir lives in a posh New Delhi area worth a
handsome Rs. 18 crores in today's market.
Sourav
Ganguly
Dada, as he
is fondly called by his colleagues, was India's most influential captain of all
time. Ganguly's property is estimated at $15 million or 99 crore rupees. His
remuneration from the BCCI is valued at around 5 crores rupees whereas his
earnings from brand endorsements is around 2 crore rupees.
Dada has five
luxurious cars worth Rs. 7 crores and personal properties of around Rs. 45
crores.