Who Is The World's Richest Cricketer? Hint: He Is An Indian But Not Virat Kohli Or MS Dhoni

MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli are the not the world's richest cricketers, a list which is topped by an Indian.

Contrary to what could be a popular belief, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli are the not the richest cricketers in the world. The list, however, is topped by an Indian.

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While cricket was not looked upon as a feasible career option in the past, with the advancement in sports and cricketing infrastructure, money has started to reach even at the grassroot level. That means more and more people are beginning to consider playing the sport as a career option. An elite cricketer in India, on the other hand, earns in crores. Indian cricketers are among the highest paid cricketers around the globe.

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is also the richest cricket board in world cricket. However, if you are think that the richest cricketer in the world is either Virat Kohli or MS Dhoni, then you are wrong. There is a cricketer in India who is mutiple times riches than Dhoni, Kohli. However, much of his wealth is not because of his cricketing talent but generational in nature. The cricketer happens to be Kumar Mangalam Birla's son Aryaman Birla who is not only India's but the world's richest cricketer.

It is pertinent to note that Kumar Mangalam Birla happens to be one of India's most successful and rich industralists. Despite hailing from such a background, Aryaman loves cricket so much that he went on to play first-class cricket for Madhya Pradesh. However, in 2019 he took a break from the sport and never really came back. He opted for a break at the age of 22 citing mental health concerns.

Aryaman Birla Successor Of Assets Worth 70000 Crore But...

As per media reports, Aryaman Birla is successor of assets worth 70000 crore. That makes him a wealthy cricketer indeed. However, if we go by players to have gathered wealth because of cricket alone, there again Kohli and Dhoni don't top the list.

It's the 'God of Cricket' Sachin Tendulkar who is the world's richest cricketer as claimed in a report carried by Times Of India. His estimated net worth is $170 million (INR 1500 crores) as per Business Insider, over 11 years after his retirement. MS Dhoni $111 million (roughly Rs 1000 crores), Virat Kohli $92 million (Rs 800 crores),  Ricky Ponting $70 million (INR 600 crores) and Brian Lara $70 million (INR 600 crores) follow Tendulkar in the list in the exact order.