Who is India’s richest cricketer with a net worth of Rs 20,000 crore and it is not Virat Kohli or MS Dhoni or Sachin Tendulkar

Cricket fans around the world believe that Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar or Mahendra Singh Dhoni or former Indian captain Virat Kohli will be the richest cricketer in India. But they couldn’t be further from the truth as the former first-class cricketer from Baroda is actually India’s ‘richest cricketer’ with a net worth of over Rs 20,000 crore, which completely surpasses Kohli’s net worth. . 1,000 crore at present.

The cricketer we are referring to is Samarjitsinh Ranjitsinh Gaekwad, who belongs to the royal family of Baroda and is also a former Baroda first-class cricketer and cricket administrator of the Baroda Cricket Association. Samarjitsingh scored 119 runs with a highest score of 65 for Baroda in six first-class matches in Ranji Trophy cricket between the 1987–88 and 1988–89 seasons.

Meet Samarjitsinh Ranjitsinh Gaikwad

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Samarjitsinh was born on 25 April 1967 as the only son of Ranjitsinh Pratapsinh Gaekwad and Shubhanginiraje. He attended The Doon School in Dehradun, where he simultaneously captained the school’s cricket, football and tennis teams.

After his father’s death in May 2012, Samarjitsingh was crowned Maharaja on 22 June 2012 in a traditional ceremony at the Lakshmi Vilas Palace. He settled a 23-year-long legal inheritance dispute worth over Rs 20,000 crore (equivalent to US$3.6 billion in 2020) with his uncle Sangramsinh Gaekwad in 2013.

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Through the deal, Samarjitsingh acquired ownership of the Lakshmi Vilas Palace, over 600 acres of real estate near the palace including the Moti Bagh Stadium and the Maharaja Fateh Singh Museum in Vadodara, along with several paintings by Raja Ravi Varma as well as Fatehsinhrao’s paintings. Also acquired movable property like gold. , silver and royal jewellery.

Not only this, he also manages the temple trusts of 17 temples in Gujarat and Banaras. Since 2002, Samarjitsingh is married to Radhikaraje, who is from the royal family of Wankaner State, and the couple has two daughters. All four live with Shubhanginiraje at the Lakshmi Vilas Palace, the largest private residence in India.

According to a recent report, Virat Kohli’s net worth is around Rs 1,050 crore. The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batsman earns a total of Rs 15 crore from the Indian Premier League (IPL 2023). This is the conclusion of a report by Stock Grow.

Talking about earning from the Indian cricket team, Kohli gets Rs 15 lakh per Test match, Rs 6 lakh for each ODI and Rs 3 lakh for playing a T20 match. Remember, Kohli has an ‘A+’ contract with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which fetches him Rs 7 crore per annum.

As per the available estimates from the reports, the net worth of Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni is around Rs 1,040 crore. His multiple investments, brand endorsements and IPL salaries have helped him script remarkable financial success. He reportedly earns Rs 12 crore as salary from his IPL team CSK.