Former Royal Challengers Bangalore’s captain and star batsman Virat Kohli is currently the leading run-scorer in the history of the IPL.
Having played all the 15 editions for RCB – Kohli is the only player to have played all 15 IPL seasons for one single team – the 34-year-old has amassed 6411 runs in 216 IPL games, averaging 36 with a strike rate of 129.
The right-hander has smashed 5 hundreds to go with 42 half-centuries in his illustrious IPL career, and has stroked 557 fours and 212 sixes in the competition.
However, Virat Kohli and RCB still remain trophyless; Kohli and RCB have reached 3 IPL finals – 2009, 2011, and 2016 – but lost all 3 of them.
Nonetheless, Virat Kohli has been one of the, if not the biggest icons of the IPL with broadcasters and sponsors feeding off his success, his stardom, and his craze among the fans. In turn, Virat Kohli has been amongst the highest-paid players in the IPL since he took over RCB’s captaincy and has been retained in the highest-paid bracket by RCB over the last three IPL cycles.
Virat Kohli salary in the IPL 2023:
Former RCB skipper Virat Kohli is currently on a contract worth INR 15 crore for IPL 2023.
He was retained as the first pick ahead of the IPL 2022 mega-auction for INR 15 crore and will carry the same salary in IPL 2023.
This is 2 crores down from the INR 17 crore per season salary he drew from IPL 2018 to 2021. Virat Kohli is the first player in the IPL history to fetch a salary of INR 17 crore per season.
In 2008, RCB picked up Kohli from the 2008 Under-19 World Cup winning batch for 12 lakhs, which was his salary per season for the first 3 IPL seasons. Then RCB retained Kohli in 2011 for INR 8.2 crore.
As he grew in stature and attained the captaincy post, his retention price shot up: Virat Kohli was retained in 2014 for INR 12.5 crore, and the price for his retention in 2018, when he’d turned into a global mega-star, was INR 17 crore. After stepping down as the RCB and India T20I captain, Kohli then shaved off 2 crores from his salary, making it 15 crore in 2022 and in IPL 2023.
Overall, Virat Kohli has earned INR 173.2 crore in salaries in his IPL career from RCB.
He’s third on this list, a little behind Rohit Sharma, who has earned INR 178.6 crore in the IPL, and MS Dhoni, who has fetched INR 176.8 crore in salaries in the IPL.
Virat Kohli’s salary from the BCCI
Virat Kohli Net Worth:
Virat Kohli’s net worth is estimated to be around INR 1010 crore ( $122 Million). Virat Kohli is in the A+ Grade category of the BCCI annual contracts that pays him INR 7 crore per annum, in addition to the match fees of INR 15 lakh per Test match, INR 6 lakh per ODI and INR 3 lakh per T20I match.
Virat Kohli brand endorsements:
Being one of the most successful athletes and one of the most followed celebrities on social media in the world, Virat Kohli endorses a ton of brands and has set high charges.
According to a recent report in 2023, Virat Kohli charges around INR 7.5 to 10 crores per day for brand endorsements.
The batting legend has been associated with many renowned companies such as Manyavar, Cinthol Deo, Boost, Reebok, Godrej, Head & shoulders, and Nestle India, in addition to world-famous companies like Puma, MRF, Audi, Tissot, Toyota, Boost Drink, BSF (Border Security Force), FasTrack, Nike, Red Chief Shoes, TVS, Fair and Lovely, Pepsi Ad, Flying Machine Ad.
How much Virat Kohli charges per Instagram post for brands?
Boasting a following of 241 million followers, Virat Kohli reportedly charges 8.9 crore per Instagram post for his brands.
