Indian skipper Virat Kohli is coined as one of the finest batsmen to ever grace the sports of cricket. The 32-year-old made a name for himself with his extraordinary batting skills and his determination to be the best in the pitch. With his immense dedication and unmatchable skills, Virat Kohli is now sitting on the top of the game. Kohli’s name and fame in recent years have helped him become one of the richest cricketers in the world.
Virat Kohli’s stronghold on money became more inevitable when Forbes named the right-handed batsman in their top 100 highest-paid athletes in the world for 2020. Moreso, Virat Kohli was the only cricketer to be named in Forbes’s top 100 list in 2020. Virat Kohli changed his image from a young, aggressive athlete to a reliable captain of the Indian national team. Virat Kohli always had several ads under his belt but he has touched different heights since becoming India’s captain.
Virat Kohli’s net-worth and properties
As reported by Forbes, Virat Kohli’s earnings from the year 2019 were around ₹196 crores ($26 million). However, Virat Kohli’s total net-worth is reportedly around ₹900 crore ($119 million), as reported by multiple sources. Virat Kohli owns a house in a posh locality of Worli, Mumbai, where he currently resides with his wife, Anushka Sharma. Virat Kohli also owns a high-end bungalow in Gurugram, Haryana.
Virat Kohli is the Biggest Brand in India
As reported by GQ in 2020, Virat Kohli’s brand value is around ₹1600 crore. Virat Kohli was named India’s Test team captain in 2014 and later replaced MS Dhoni in all-formats in the year 2016. Virat Kohli became the leading man of a cricket team with the highest fans in the world. Becoming India’s captain played a positive role in increasing Kohli’s brand name.
Every top-brand urged to get associated with Virat Kohli and it rightly happened so. Since becoming the gaffer of the Indian national team, Virat Kohli has signed for brands like Boost, Mobile Premier League, Volini, Myntra, Edtech company Great Learning, Himalaya, Wellman, and others. Virat Kohli endorses more than 20 brands, which is more than any other Indian athlete.
As reported by Forbes, Virat Kohli signed a deal worth ₹110 crores (US$14 million) with One8 in the year 2017. Virat Kohli’s deal with One8 is still the most expensive deal ever signed by any Indian athlete. Virat Kohli has also made several investments in companies like Wrogn and MuveAcoustics. As per reports, Virat Kohli has invested around ₹13.2 crores in the above-mentioned companies.
How Becoming India’s Captain has Influenced Kohli’s Income
Virat Kohli was one of the 13 cricketers to be retained by RCB in 2020 despite failing to win a single Indian Premier League trophy in his 10-season long career as the franchise’s captain. This speaks a lot about Virat Kohli’s brand name as RCB are well-aware of the fact that Kohli’s name is enough to attract the fans and sponsors towards the franchise.
RCB reportedly paid a staggering amount of ₹17 crores (US$2.4 million) to Virat Kohli in the latest season of Dream11 IPL. Since 2018, Virat Kohli reportedly mints around ₹17 crores per year from IPL. Virat Kohli used to charge ₹12.5 crores between the years 2014 and 2017. Virat Kohli’s IPL salary before becoming the captain of India national team was ₹8.2 between the years 2011 to 2013. Virat Kohli is paid around ₹7 crores ($925,730) per annum by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
