The former Indian captain Virat Kohli is currently one of the world’s highest-paid cricketers and even sports stars. Besides cricket, he earns huge from many advertisements, social media posts, sponsors, etc. His net worth has crossed INR 1,000 crores recently! As soon as the record came publicly, excitement, gossip, and questions arose. So, let us dive into the depth of this topic.
Virat Kohli:
Youth sensation and famous Indian batter Virat Kohli has been enjoying the spotlight since he came back from a one-month break last year. He is constantly scoring good runs for his team in all the formats. The right-handed batter also enjoys a huge fan following based on social media. Besides being the third most-followed athlete on Instagram, he is the most-followed Asian man too. Right now, he has over 253 million followers on Instagram.
Virat Kohli has always been a passionate cricketer. Playing for the national cricket team was his dream. After his brilliant domestic career, Kohli was selected for the India under-19 squad on a tour of England in July 2006. He started living his dream since then, and now people call him “King Kohli.” It is an achievement that sounds much greater than the assets that he has earned.
Virat kohli Achievements
Another dream came true in February-March 2008 when Kohli assumed the captaincy of the under-19 squad of Team India. The team was preparing for the 2008 under-19 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia. He made amazing 235 runs in 6 matches at an average of 47 and ranked third among the highest run-scorers. In the semi-final and finale, Kohli’s contribution was worthy; that led the team to a glorious victory. After all, it was time to achieve something he had always dreamt about.
Finally, in August 2008, Virat Kohli made his major international debut against Sri Lanka for a one-day series and then for the Champions Trophy in Pakistan. Finally, the Delhi boy got the chance to prove his quality; and thus he started dominating the cricket world very soon.
Kohli again proved his leadership ability on an international level occurred in the middle of 2010 when he was appointed as the vice-captain for the Tri-series against Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka. Later, in April 2019, he was appointed as the captain of the Indian Men’s cricket squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. Afterwards, we saw him ruling the opponents with wise expertise, leadership, and exclusive skills. These hurdles made him today’s Virat Kohli with INR 1000+ crores of net worth.
Kohli & his assets:
According to reports, Kohli’s net worth has crossed INR 1000 crore. His total earning has been estimated at INR 1050 crores. Viral Kohli is rated in the ‘A+’ cricketer category and has a Rs 7 crore contract with the BCCI. He earns INR 7 crore annually from BCCI as a salary. He receives INR 15 lakh for each Test match, INR 6 lakh for the one-day matches and INR 3 lakh for the international T-20 matches. Apart from this, Kohli pockets INR 15 crore every season from the Indian Premier League. The right-handed batter makes this 15 crore every year from Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Virat Kohli works with around 18 brands and charges INR 7.5-10 crores daily for brand promotions and endorsements. Apart from cricket, Kohli has invested in several startups. He is associated with brands like Vivo, Myntra, Noise, Fire Bolt, Tiso, MRF, Too Yummy, Star Sports and Reagan. Kohli charges around INR 8.9 crore for each promotional post on Instagram. On the other side, he charges INR 2.5 crore for a tweet on another social media called Twitter. He also owns several startup brands like One8, Reagan, and Nueva. Some other brands like MPL, Digit, Rage Coffee, Chisel, Universal Sportsbiz and Blue Tribe are also funded by Kohli. He also owns the Indian Super League club FC Goa, UAE Royals (Tennis) and Bengaluru Yoddha (Pro Wrestling).
However, regarding personal assets and properties, Virat Kohli has a property in Mumbai worth INR 34 crore and another in Gurgaon worth INR 80 crore. Virat owns over INR 32 crore luxurious cars, which include brands like Audi, Bentley, and Range Rover.
Conclusion:
However, Virat Kohli himself has never expected this much one day; but today, it is true that he belongs to the list of the top 10 richest cricketers or even the richest athletes in the world. But the journey from Cheeku to Kong Kohli, with a net worth of INR 1,050 crores, was never easy
