He was handed over India’s Test captaincy after MS Dhoni stepped down as the Test captain in between the Test series in Australia prior to the 2015 World Cup. Virat has been a prolific run-scorer for India across all formats and has been their mainstay in the middle order. He has been scoring heaps of runs over the past few years and barring a poor Test series in England in 2014 Kohli has performed mostly in every condition and against each country. In his short captaincy stint, Kohli has performed exceptionally well winning Test series in Sri Lanka after 22 years, beating the Proteas 3-0 at home, and winning the series in West Indies 2-0. He also became the 1st Indian captain to win two Tests in a single series in the Caribbean shores.
Virat Kohli Net Worth
According to various (Wikipedia, Forbes, Wikipedia) online resources, the most popular Indian Cricketer Virat Kohli estimated net worth is $122 Million, which in Indian Currency is 1010 Crore Indian Rupee. Kohli captained India to a famous victory in the 2008 U-19 World Cup and was subsequently bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL. Virat Kohli’s net worth in 2023 is $115 million including his salary, endorsements and his earnings from matches.
Virat Kohli IPL Salary
Virat Kohli Net Worth Overview
Kohli is also the co-owner of FC Goa in the Indian Super League (ISL).
Virat Kohli Salary:
Virat is a Grade A player and according to the BCCI central contracts, he earns hefty sums as a player alone. As a grade-A player he gets $190,000 (1.25 crore) as his retainer fee on an annual basis and receives Rs 5 lakh, 3 lakh, and 1.50 lakhs for playing a Test match, ODI match, and a T20 match respectively. In all, he earns around $2 million yearly. His salary even includes 5 crores as a bonus amount.
Income from Endorsements:
Kohli is known to make a huge income from endorsements of more than INR 17 crore. He apparently charges Rs.2 crore per day against Dhoni’s 1.5 crores. Kohli signs contracts for about 3 days with per day charge of Rs 2 crore, equivalent to cricket legend, Sachin Tendulkar. Brands utilizes those three days in photo shoots, press briefings along with other appearances. Currently, Kohli has signed deals with many popular companies and some of them are Manyavar, Pepsi, Cinthol Deo, Boost, Fastrack, Reebok, Godrej, Head & shoulders and Nestle India. If we talk about investments then Kohli has invested in Blue Tribe, Chisel Fitness, Nueva, Galactus Funware Technology Pvt. Ltd, Sport Convo and Digit shares of companies.
Virat Kohli Houses:
The flamboyant Delhi lad is known to reside in a gorgeous bungalow that has been purchased in the capital of the country and in his hometown. This has been a dream house for Virat as he has added the quintessence of marvelous interior and exterior as per his taste to give his house a cool and dashing look, much like Kohli himself. There are multiple real estate properties owned by Virat Kohli. However, he stays in two houses. One in Delhi and one in Mumbai. The Mumbai house (an apartment) is situated in Bandra. It was bought by Kohli in 2012 for a whopping Rs.9 crore. Virat has hired a famous interior designer to make changes for the newly bought house. The Interior design has cost an additional Rs.1.5 Crore.
Virat Kohli Cars:
Some of the car brands owned by Virat Kohli include Mercedes, Audi, BMW and Volkswagen. Few cars were personally purchased by him and few were gifted through Sponsors. Kohli is also a proud owner of – Renault Duster, Audi 8, Toyota Fortuner, and Toyota Liva that would make anyone go crazy.
About Virat Kohli:
Virat a right-handed batsman was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi into a Panjabi family. His nickname is Cheeku. His father, Prem Kohli, worked as a criminal lawyer and his mother, Saroj Kohli, is a housewife. He has an elder brother, Vikash, and an elder sister, Bhavna. According to his family, when he was three years old, Kohli would pick up a cricket bat, start swinging it and ask his father to bowl at him. Kohli was raised in Uttam Nagar and started his schooling at Vishal Bharti Public School.
Interesting Facts
Kohli first played for Delhi Under-15 team in October 2002 in the 2002–03 Polly Umrigar Trophy He represented the city’s cricket team at various age-group levels before making his first-class debut in 2006. In July 2006, Kohli was selected in the India Under-19squad on its tour of England. He made his international debut, at the age of 19, in the first ODI of the tour and was dismissed for 12 In August 2008, he was included in the Indian ODI squad for the tour of Sri Lanka and the Champions Trophy in Pakistan In the first match of the World Cup against Pakistan at Adelaide, Virat Kohli hit 107 in 126 balls, sharing 100-plus partnerships with both Dhawan and Suresh Raina, to help India set a total of 300 and win the match by 76 runs Virat is regarded as one of the best limited-overs batsmen in the world, especially while chasing In March 2008, Virat Kohli was bought on a youth contract by the Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore for $30,000. In 2011 season, Virat Kohli was the only player retained by the Royal Challengers franchise. He was made vice-captain of the team Football is his second favourite sport In November 2014, Kohli and Anjana Reddy Universal Sportsbiz (USPL) launched a youth fashion brand WROGN In 2015, Virat Kohli invested Rs.90 crore (US$13 million) to start a chain of gyms and fitness centres across the country
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