Virat Kohli: The Iconic Brand Ambassador With More Than 50 Brands in 2024

Virat Kohli is one of the most renowned names in the sports industry who himself became a brand. He is an Iconic brand ambassador who has more than 50 brands to endorse in 2024. 

There is hardly any brand that doesn’t want him to sponsor their products. King Kohli has the world’s most social media following with 270 million Instagram followers and 64.8 million followers on X (formerly Twitter). 

Virat Kohli is the world’s most popular athlete whose aggressive gameplay on the field shows his passion for cricket. The GOAT of cricket Virat Kohli is not just a prominent cricketer but also possesses exceptional talent, stylish looks, and a charismatic personality. Which ultimately works like a magnet and increases his fame and popularity all over the world. 

Undeniably his success in cricket attracts all the big brands and brings all the financial abundance with more than $127 million net worth. A huge part of Virat Kohli’s earnings, approximately Rs 175 crore comes from brand endorsements including Adidas, American Tourister, Avas Wellness, Noise, and Audi. Virat Kohli recently joined Asian Paint, a multinational paint company, and became their brand ambassador for Asian Paints’ Neo Bharat Latex Paint.  

Currently, Virat Kohli is endorsing numerous categories of products with more than 50 brands as a brand ambassador. These brands have a range from consumer products to luxury cars, Soap, and hair care products to sportswear brands.  

So let’s explore Virat Kohli’s brand’s endorsements which include some of the prominent brands like Puma, Myntra, Manyavar, Audi India, MRF Tyres, Uber, and Noise. 

Here are the top 10 Brands that roped Virat Kohli as their brand ambassador in 2024- 

1. Puma 

Puma is one of the brands that has been with Virat Kohli for several years. In 2017, Virat Kohli tied the knot with Puma to collaborate with his own sportswear brand One8. The cricketer signed a whopping eight-year deal for the Rs 110 crore. 

2. Myntra 

Virat Kohli is one of biggest India’s fashion icons and is popular among the youth. His trendy fashion sense and style allure many fashion brands and Myntra is one of them, roped India’s stylish cricketer in 2019. Both Virat and his wife Anushka Sharma are the first brand ambassador of the famous online shopping platform. 

3. Noise

Noise is a brand of watches, headphones, and wearable technology announced Virat Kohli as their new Brand Ambassador in 2022. The Brand promises the latest fashion tech that is stylish just like Virat Kohli. 

4. Asian Paint 

In April 2024, Asian Paints announced Virat Kohli as their new brand ambassador on their official social media handle. Virat Kohli became part of the “Har Ghar Khelega, Har Ghar Khilega” campaign to endorse the Asian Paints’ Neo Bharat Latex Paint. 

5. Manyawar 

Manyawar, a top-grossing men’s ethnic brand roped Virat Kohlis as their brand ambassador in 2016. To promote Indian culture and traditions, especially Indian weddings and festivals, the Manyavar chose one of their favorite cricketer Virat as their icon. From “Taiyaar Hokar Aaiye” to “Adha-Adha” Virat has beautifully promoted the brand over the years. 

6. Avas Wellness

Avas Living is a luxurious residential community-based in Alibaug. It is a multi-billion-dollar project for Avas Wellness, a real estate building and construction company. They tied a deal with Virat Kohli and made him their brand ambassador in 2022.     

7. Essilor

Essilor is a well-known French eye-wear company that announced Virat Kohli as their brand ambassador for India in 2023. One of the most searched cricketers, Virat Kohli signed a two-year deal with Essilor to endorse their brands in India. 

8. Batwrap

Who would be better than Virat Kohli to test cricket bat? Batwrap, the Australian Sports equipment company welcomed one of the biggest hitters in the World Virat Kohli to test their bat rigorously. In 2023, Virat Kohli became the new brand ambassador of the Batwrap to endorse sports equipment in India. 

9. Duroflex 

In 2023, India’s biggest sleep solutions mattress company Duroflex signed virat Kohli as a brand ambassador. Sleep is a crucial part of daily life and for an athlete, it is a way to recharge the body. Duroflex is one of the trusted brands with a mission of quality sleep and to fulfill it they collaborated with India’s cricketing icon last year.  

10. Audi India

Audi, the luxury cars brand is another big name in Virat Kohli’s endorsements list. Virat became part of one of Audi, the world’s premium car brands to promote in India. To strengthen the bond, in 2021 Audi renewed the contract to keep Virat Kohli as their brand ambassador. 

Here is the complete list of Virat Kohli’s brand endorsements