Virat Kohli is one of the richest cricketers in world cricket. In the last 4 years or so, he has taken his game to a different level altogether and established himself as one of the best in the world. During this period, he also took over the captaincy in all formats of the game from MS Dhoni.
Kohli is also the most demanded celebrity face for brand endorsement in India. Earlier this year, he signed a USD 110 million deal with sports apparel brand Puma. He became the first Indian sportsperson to land a deal that is worth in the north of Rs 100 Crores with a single brand.
In his latest interview, Kohli himself revealed his sensational net worth.
“Well the Puma deal happened alongside MRF deal and my brand value should be somewhere in the region of USD 120 million (INR 7560000000). But these are just numbers for me and this is something that my management informs me about. It is not something that I strive for. It is just a by-product of something that I do in my professional career and the focus always remains that. But yes, these things are an important facet of your life as well and I have a strong management team who are doing a good job,” Virat Kohli was quoted as saying by News18.
“When I started my fitness turnaround it was more of a lifestyle thing initially but now I think that it has become so important to the sport and everybody is taking up it in such a big way that it has become a part of my thinking pattern. So if something goes away from that, I would not want to be part of that.”
“Few brands that I have endorsed in the past, now I feel that I don’t connect well with them anymore. If I don’t consume those things then I won’t want to promote it for others to consume just because I am getting money out of it. If I am endorsing a brand I would want to do it in the right way,” Kohli concluded.
