Cricket is considered nothing less than any religion in India. That is one of the major reasons why Indian Cricket board BCCI proudly stands as the richest cricket board in the whole world. When it comes to the richest cricketers in the world, India comes right on top of the whole world. 6 amongst the ten richest cricketers in the world are Indians. That stat completely describes the dominance of India in world cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar, mostly regarded as the God Of Cricket, is still comfortably amongst the richest cricketers in the world, even after retiring years ago. Cricket is not a global game so far and thus cricketers usually don’t feature in the list of richest athletes in the world which is mostly dominated by footballers. However, former Indian captain MS Dhoni broke that trend too by constantly getting featured in the list of richest athletes. Virat Kohli, the new Indian captain and the latest heartthrob is not far behind either. The other three Indian players to feature in the list include Yuvraj, Gambhir and Rohit Sharma. The list considers the total net worth of players and not their current income. This is how the full list looks like.
10. AB De Villiers
Net Worth:$4 Million
Primary Sponsors:MRF
9. Kevin Pietersen
Net Worth:$4.5 Million
Primary Sponsors: Adidas, Brylcreem
8. Yuvraj Singh
Net Worth:$5 Million
Primary Sponsors:Puma
7. Rohit Sharma
Net Worth:$5 Million
Primary Sponsors:Adidas, CEAT
6. Shane Watson
Net Worth:$6 Million
Primary Sponsors: Gunn & Moore, Asics, TAG Heuer
5. Chris Gayle
Net Worth:$7 Million
Primary Sponsors: PepsiCo , Royal Challenge
4. Gautam Gambhir
Net Worth:$8 Million
Primary Sponsors: Reebok, Red Bull, Hero Honda
3. Sachin Tendulkar
Net Worth:$18 Million
Primary Sponsors: Adidas, Coca-Cola, Castrol
2. Virat Kohli
Net Worth:$25 Million
Primary Sponsors: Nike, PepsiCo, Toyota , Head&Shoulder
1. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Net Worth:$31.5 Million
Primary Sponsors: Reebok, PepsiCo, Sony
Dhoni yet again continues to be the richest cricketer in the world. It will be interesting to see who takes over this tag from Dhoni. Do let us know who do you think will be the richest cricketer in the coming years.
