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Forbes India Celebrity 100 List: Virat Kohli highest-earning sportsperson- Here's how much he made in 2018

Virat Kohli is followed by MS Dhoni in Forbes India rich-list for sportspersons, while Hardik Pandya is the biggest gainer.

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Virat Kohli is followed by MS Dhoni in Forbes India rich-list for sportspersons for the year 2018, while Hardik Pandya is the biggest gainer.

The star of Virat Kohli is on the rise. The Indian cricket captain seems to have the midas touch these days. He has been breaking records not only on the field but also making headlines off the field. He and Anushka Sharma are one of the biggest celebrity couple in India. 

Virat has also become one of the biggest brands in the Indian market. It is no surprise that Kohli is the richest sportsperson on the Forbes India Celebrity List 2018. Virat Kohli sits is just behind Salman Khan in the overall celebrity charts.

The list ranks the highest earning celebrities of India based on their brand endorsements, projects or salaries etc. 

According to the Forbes India Celebrity List 2018, Virat Kohli's earnings stood at a whopping 228.09 crores this year. Kohli was the second on the Forbes India Celebrity List 2017 having earned a total of 100.72 crores last year. It means the Indian captain has almost doubled his earnings in 2018.

MS Dhoni is second highest earning sportsperson in India (and 5th overall) with 101.77 crore followed by Sachin Tendulkar (9th overall) who earned 80 crore in 2018. PV Sindhu is 20th on the overall list and the highest earning female athlete in India with an eastimated earning of 36.5 crore rupees. 

Rohit Sharma is the fifth highest earning sportsperson in India followed by Hardik Pandya who is the biggest gainer this year. He earnings rose more than 800 percent to Rs 28.46 crores this year from Rs. 3.04 crores last year. 

A total of 21 sportspersons found a place in the Forbes India Celebrity 100 List.

Forbes India Celebrity 100 List: Highest earning sportspersons

Rank Overall Rank Player Earnings in 2018
1 2 Virat Kohli Rs 228.09 crore
2 5 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Rs 101.77 crore
3 9 Sachin Tendulkar Rs 80 crore
4 20 PV Sindhu Rs 36.5 crore
5 23 Rohit Sharma Rs 31.49 crore
6 27 Hardik Pandya Rs 28.46 crore
7 44 Ravichandran Ashwin Rs 18.9 crore
8 52 Bhuvneshwar Kumar Rs 17.26 crore
9 55 Suresh Raina Rs 16.96 crore
10 58 Saina Nehwal Rs 16.54 crore
11 59 KL Rahul Rs 16.48 crore
12 60 Jasprit Bumrah Rs 16.42 crore
13 62 Shikhar Dhawan Rs 16.26 crore
14 68 Ravindra Jadeja Rs 15.39 crore
15 77 Manish Pandey Rs 13.08 crore
16 78 Ajinkya Rahane Rs 12.02 crore
17 81 Anirban Lahiri Rs 11.99 crore
18 87 Srikanth Kidambi Rs 10.5 crore
19 96 Vijender Singh Rs 6.4 crore
20 98 Shubhankar Sharma Rs 4.5 crore
21 99 Rohan Bopanna Rs 3.27 crore

Source: Forbes India Celebrity 100 List 2018 

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