Virat Kohli is the only cricketer to make Forbes magazine’s list of the top 100 highest-paid athletes in the world for 2020. The batting spearhead earns nearly $17.5 million per year, which is almost Rs 130 crore. His net worth is estimated to be at Rs 980 crore.
Virat an Indian international cricketer and former captain of the Indian national team was born on November 5, 1988. As a right-handed batsman, he represents Delhi in domestic cricket and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League.
Kohli is widely regarded as one of the best batsmen of his generation, and some analysts consider him one of the greatest limited-overs batsmen of all time. He captained the Indian cricket team in over 200 matches across all three formats between 2013 and 2022.
In 2011, Kohli made his Test debut. For the first time in 2013, he was ranked number one in the ICC ODI batters rankings. At the ICC World Twenty20, he was named Man of the Tournament twice (in 2014 and 2016). He also owns the global record for running 23,000 international runs in the fastest time.
Kohli has won numerous awards, including the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Decade) from 2011 to 2020, the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year) in 2017 and 2018, the ICC Test Player of the Year (2018), the ICC ODI Player of the Year (2012, 2017, 2018), and the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World (2016, 2017 and 2018).
On a national level, he received the Arjuna Award in 2013, the Padma Shri in the sports category in 2017, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2018, India’s highest sporting honor.
ESPN named him one of the most famous athletes in the world, while Forbes named him one of the most valuable athlete brands. He was named one of the 100 most important persons in the world by Time magazine in 2018. With expected earnings of almost $26 million, he was rated 66th on Forbes’ list of the top 100 highest-paid athletes in the world for the year 2020.
