The newly wedded Indian Skipper is scaling new heights in his career as well as his celebrity value. Virat Kohli’s stature is increasing day by day and he seems absolutely unstoppable.
The Indian Skipper has emerged as unarguably the best batsman in modern day cricket and this adds immensely to his celebrity status and brand value.
New dimension to his popularity
From milestones to getting married, 2017 has been a great year for the Indian captain. Now he has a new dimension to his celebrity status. Virat Kohli now features in the top 3 celebrities in Forbes India list of celebrities.
Forbes India released the list of celebrities with highest earnings and Virat features in the top 3 now. As per the Forbes list Virat has earned 100.72 crores this year and this is what puts him at the third spot.
In top of the list is Salman Khan with earnings of 232.8 crores this year followed by Shahrukh Khan at the second spot. Shahrukh Khan has earned 170.5 crores this year as per official records cited by Forbes India.
Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni are the other two Indian cricketers on the list of top 10. Sachin is at the 5th spot with earnings of 82.5 crores this year while MS Dhoni takes the 8th position on the list. Dhoni’s earnings for this year stand at 63.7 crores.
Kohli the only one below 30
On of the most interesting features of the list of top 10 Forbes Celebrities is that Kohli is the only one below 30 years of age in the list. This is great achievement and were given to understand that from here the only way Kohli has is to go ahead and rise even taller.
Here are the top 10 from the list of Forbes India 2017 Celebrity 100: (In crores)
1. Salman Khan – 232.83
2. Shah Rukh Khan – 170.5
3. Virat Kohli – 100.72
4. Akshay Kumar – 98.25
5. Sachin Tendulkar – 82.5
6. Aamir Khan – 68.75
7. Priyanka Chopra – 68
8. MS Dhoni – 63.77
9. Hrithik Roshan – 63.12
10. Ranveer Singh – 62.63
