Here are the top richest Indian cricketers, few of them are among the richest in the world.
There’s no doubt that batsmen like Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli are among the greatest batsmen of all time, but when it comes to getting paid, it really helps to be in India (the mecca of cricket).
Sachin Tendulkar
Legendary India batsman Sachin Tendulkar may have retired but he is still the richest cricketer in the world. With a net worth of well over Rs 1000 crore, the ‘God of Cricket’ continues to earn handsome money through various brand endorsements and sponsorship deals.
Checkout Sachin’s autobiography “Playing It My Way”.
M. S. Dhoni
Former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, one of the most popular cricketers in the world, has a net worth of close to Rs 800 crore.
Virat Kohli
India skipper Virat Kohli has a net worth of close to Rs 700 crore, and is the only cricketer to feature in the Forbes’ highest-paid athletes in the world.
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Hardik Pandya: Rags to Riches Story
Indian cricket all-rounder Hardik Pandya faced financial woes (before becoming an Indian cricket team star) and survived on Maggi during his cricket playing days.
“During U-19 days, my diet would be Maggi, both in the morning and evening. I was a big fan of Maggi and the situation was also like that. It was difficult to maintain a diet, financially it was a problem. Now I can eat whatever I want, but that time there were many problems in the family, especially financial issues,” said Hardik Pandya on ‘What the Duck’ show.
Read: Nestle Maggi Noodles.
Borrowing cricket kit
“We had bought a car but there were no savings. Wherever Krunal (brother) and I would go to play matches, we would go in the car. We had to take cricket kit from Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) for one year. I was 17 and Krunal was, I guess, around 19. A lot of people questioned, ‘they are coming in a car but cannot afford a cricket kit?’,” he said.
“We used to get Rs 40,000 per year (he meant per month) but they would cut Rs 4,000 TDS. Whatever we would earn would go in EMIs. We had a monthly EMI of Rs 10,000 for the car alone. We used to go to different villages to play. Krunal used to get more money — he would get Rs 500 for a match and I made Rs 400. But we would always travel in the car… nothing is bigger in life than self-respect (laughs). We would go to a petrol pump and buy two litres of petrol in bottles. We would stop a little ahead of the petrol pump. The second bottle would serve as back-up, so that we can at least get back home. We cannot empty both the bottles in one go, as we would never know how long it would last. This is my story till six months before I played IPL,” says Hardik.
Source: hindustantimes
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