32-year-old Indian skipper Virat Kohli is a one-man army. His passion for the game separates him from the rest. He was earmarked for captaincy when he was just 19 years old. Virat Kohli’s U-19 team in 2008 lifted the U-19 World Cup. There has been no looking back since then for the King. He has amassed runs aplenty across all ICC and BCCI formats. He is the captain of the Indian team in all three formats of the game. His numbers are outstanding be it Test, ODI, or T20. This has earned him appreciation even from ICC, wherein he has been recently nominated in all 5 player categories for outstanding performance in the decade.
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Rohit Sharma, on the other hand, is as cool a customer one must have seen. He is more like Mahendra Singh Dhoni in terms of temperament. Sharma is the only captain in the history of IPL to have won 5 IPL championships. In the ICC ODI Cricket World Cup, 2019, Rohit Sharma became the first cricketer to smash 5 centuries in one single edition. His performance as an opener has been nothing short of outstanding. He remains one of the crucial players for India across all 3 formats.
The net worth of these two titans:
Virat Kohli is the highest-paid IPL cricketer. He was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2018 for a whopping ₹17 Crores ($2.3 million). He is only one of the three cricketers to be handed out an A+ grade contract by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). This helps Kohli draw a handsome annual package of ₹7 Crores ($947,001). He was only the cricketer to have been named in Forbes 2020s’ highest-paid athlete’s list. His overall net worth is pegged to be at around a massive ₹900 crores ($119 million)
Rohit Sharma has been Mumbai Indians’ talisman in IPL. He was made the captain in 2013, since then he has delivered for them year after year. He was retained by MI in IPL 2018 for a whopping ₹15 Crores ($2.29 million). Rohit Sharma, along with Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah, is the only cricketer to receive an A+ grade contract from BCCI. This helps Sharma get a cool annual package of ₹7 Crores ($947,001). Rohit Sharma’s net worth stands at a cool ₹124.5 crores ($16.6 million)
Lifestyle and luxury of these legends:
Virat Kohli owns a sea-facing apartment in Mumbai. This property is valued at ₹34 crores (5 million dollars). He even owns a bungalow in Gurugram which is worth a humungous ₹80 crores ($10.5 million)
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Rohit Sharma resides in an ultra-luxurious apartment at Ahuja Towers in Worli. He purchased this property in 2017, for ₹30 crores ($4.5 million). His 6,000-square feet home offers a wonderful 270º view of the Arabian sea.
The taste for luxury cars
Virat Kohli owns a Range Rover priced at ₹80 lakhs ($125,000). He even owns an Audi R8 V10 LMX priced at ₹3 crores ($372,542). His fondness for Audi doesn’t end here. Kohli also owns an Audi S6 too which comes at ₹1 crore ($156,615)
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Rohit Sharma owns an expansive set of cars. Right from Maruti Vitara Brezza to Skoda Laura, Rohit has quite a range of cars. The most prized possession among all his cars is Lamborghini Aventador. This car costs a whopping ₹6 crores ($812,254).
