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Virat Kohli is followed by MS Dhoni in Forbes India rich-list for sportspersons, while Hardik Pandya is the biggest gainer.
Updated : Dec 05, 2018, 03:49 PM IST
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 |
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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