Virat Kohli Net Worth 2024: Early Life, Income, Wife And Endorsements

Virat Kohli is a global cricketing icon who has inspired millions throughout his career and has established himself as the face of World Cricket. The star Indian batter has accomplished so many records and achievements that are still untouched by so many great cricketers of the modern era.

Virat Kohli’s net worth 2024 is around $130 million, which is approximately 1090 crore in rupees. His main sources of income are his BCCI contract, endorsements, and investments in various industries.

From being the fastest batter to accumulate 25,000 international runs to surpassing Sachin Tendulkar record by scoring 50 ODI centuries, Virat Kohli has been phenomenal with his bat and achieved so many milestones. He has also been captain of the Indian team and led India to the 2017 Champions Trophy final, 2019 World Cup Semi-Final and the 2021 World Test Championship final.

In the year 2024, Virat Kohli’s contract with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is in the top category, which is Grade A+. He is set to receive a salary of ₹7 crore, which is around $845,000. The BCCI officially disclosed this information on February 28, 2024. This contract terms will be applicable for the 2024-25 cricket season.

Apart from cricket, Virat Kohli is also a prominent name among popular brands from all over the world and earns lucrative deals. In this article, we will have a look at his net worth and lifestyle as of 2024.

Virat Kohli Net Worth 2024 & Personal Informaton

Virat Kohli has a whopping Net Worth of around $130 Million that will be estimated around ₹1090 Crore in Indian rupees. The star cricketer mostly earns through his central contract with the BCCI and IPL salary. Apart from, he gets lucrative deals from popular brands that add most to his net worth.

Virat Kohli Net Worth Growth (Total Earnings)

Over the years, the net worth of Virat Kohli has grown by leaps and bounds at an exponential rate. When Virat Kohli made his debut, no one at that time would have thought that one day he would be one of the richest crickets in the world. For all of Virat Kohli’s ardent fans, we have created an all-inclusive table that comprises his net worth of the last 10 years. As of 2024, Virat Kohli’s estimated net worth is $130 million or 1082 crores in Indian Rupees.

Virat Kohli Early Life and Career

Virat Kohli was born in Punjabi Hindu family in Delhi on 5th November 1988 to a criminal lawyer Prem Kohli and his wife Saroj Kohli. He is the youngest of the three siblings with the elder brother Vikas and older sister Bhawna. Virat started playing cricket at the age of three years and used to ask his father to bowl to him. His family used to live in Uttam Nagar where he attended Vishal Bharti Public School.

In 1998, Kohli met his coach Rajkumar Sharma who was impressed by his accuracy and timing. His father Prem Kohli decided to enroll him in a professional cricket academy and that’s where his cricketing journey began. Even after not getting selected in Delhi Under-14 team due to extraneous factors, Kohli worked hard again and found his place in Delhi Under-15 team.

Virat Kohli made his List A debut for Delhi on 18th February 2006 in a Ranji One-Day Trophy match against Services. His Ranji Trophy debut came on 23rd November 2006 against Tamil Nadu where he was playing with Gautam Gambhir and Shikhar Dhawan in the team.

On 18th December 2006, Virat Kohli lost his father due to cerebral attack, a night before his Ranji game against Karnataka. It was a big setback for the then 18-year-old experiencing the loss of his father. However, Virat went to play the match the very next morning after his father’s death and played a knock of 90 runs which helped Delhi to draw the game against Karnataka. After the match, Kohli rushed back to perform the last rites of his father.

The year 2008 turned out to be a big year in Virat Kohli’s cricketing career as he led India to the 2008 Under-19 World Cup Trophy in Malaysia and was signed by Royal Challenger Bangalore (RCB) for 12 Lakhs in the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). A few months later, Kohli went on to make his debut for the Indian team in an ODI against Sri Lanka in  Dambulla on 18th August, 2008.

Virat Kohli International Career

After making his mark in International cricket, Virat Kohli went on to become one of the most reliable batsmen for India and played some memorable knocks in the initial years of his career, including the 133 runs against Sri Lanka in the 2011-12 Commonwealth Bank Series, and his highest ODI score of 183 runs against Pakistan in the 2012 Asia. He was also a part of the Indian team that won the 2011 ODI World Cup in India and the 2013 Champions Trophy in England.

In December 2014, Virat Kohli was appointed as the Test Captain of the Indian team after MS Dhoni’s shocking retirement from red-ball cricket during the Test Series in Australia. Under Kohli’s stint, India won a Test Series in Sri Lanka after 22 Years and defeated South Africa, who were unbeaten in overseas for the last nine years.

Kohli reached his peak as a batsman in 2016, being the second-highest scorer in the 2016 T20 World Cup in India with 273 runs in five matches, and a record-breaking IPL season for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) where he amassed 973 runs from 16 matches with four centuries.

In 2017, Virat Kohli became the all-format captain of the Indian team after MS Dhoni decided to step down from the role in the shorter format. Under his captaincy, India went on to dominate overseas. Kohli led India to the ODI series win in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, and became the first Indian captain to win a Test Series in Australia.

Under Kohli’s captaincy India went on to win T20I series in every SENA country (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia) and went into the final of the 2017 Champions Trophy, semi-final of the 2019 ODI World Cup and the final of the 2019-21 World Test Championship.

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Virat Kohli Captaincy Exit and Back in Form

In September 2021, Virat Kohli announced that he will step down as the T20I captain of India and the captain of RCB after the 2021 T20 World Cup in Dubai. After the tournament, he was also sacked from the ODI captaincy from the BCCI and went on to step down from the role in the longest format after the Test series against South Africa in January 2022, which marked the end of his tenure as the Indian captain.

Even after stepping down from the captaincy, Kohli couldn’t get his form back and was failing continuously. However, things changed during the 2022 Asia Cup. He scored 122 runs off 61 balls against Afghanistan in Dubai to end his three-year century drought and get his form back right before the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia. After that his 82-run knock against Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 23rd October, 2022, showed everyone that he is back to win matches for India from any situation.

Virat Kohli also had a breathtaking campaign in 2023 ODI World Cup where he amassed a record 765 runs in 11 matches at an average of 95.62 with three centuries. With this he became the player to score most runs in a single edition of the ODI World Cup surpassing Sachin Tendulkar’s 673 runs in 2003 World Cup.

Virat Kohli Income Sources

The current net worth of Virat Kohli is the combination of his income from varied sources. Apart from being a successful cricketer, Virat Kohli is an avid angel investor. He has invested in several promising startups ranging from fitness to blue-chip companies. The primary sources of Virat Kohli’s income are BCCI central contract, IPL salary, income from ads, income from investments, and income from social media endorsements.

Virat Kohli IPL Salary

Since the inception of IPL, Virat Kohli has been associated with the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise and has drawn a hefty IPL salary every season. In 2008, the initial season of the IPL, he was bought on a base price of 12 lakh. In 2018, Virat Kohli became the player with the highest IPL salary i.e. 17 crore. Below, we have created a table that comprises Virat Kohli IPL salary for every Indian Premier League season.

Virat Kohli Brand Endorsements

Virat Kohli is also popular among popular brands who pay him huge amounts for endorsing their products and services. You can see several brand promotions on his social media profile and he charges a huge amount for a single post. Currently, Kohli is the brand ambassador for several brands such as Puma, Myntra, Blue Star, MPL, Digit Insurance, Toothsi, MRF.and many more.

Virat Kohli as a Brand Ambassador

You may have seen the MRF logo on the face of the bat used by Virat Kohli when he takes on the field as a batter. The company pays him ₹12.5 for this according to their ₹100 Crore deal with the Indian cricketer till 2025. WIth this, Kohli also has the most expensive bat sponsorship among any other Indian cricketer.

Kohli is also the brand ambassador of Puma after he signed a ₹110 Crore deal with the Sports Lifestyle brand eight years back in 2017. He has also launched his own brand One8 range of sneakers in association with Puma. You may see several posts on Kohli’s Instagram account endorsing products of Puma and One8.

Let’s have a look at the list brands that are owned or endorsed by Virat Kohli:

• Puma
• MRF
• Ocean Beverages
• LivSpace
• Manyavar
• Toothsi
• DigitInsurance
• Herbalife Nutrition
• Wrogn
• One8
• Audi India
• Duroflex
• and many more.

Virat Kohli Earnings from Social Media

Virat Kohli is the third most-followed athlete on Instagram and the most followed cricketer on the platform with over 269 Million Followers. He is also among the top athletes who earn for each post on Instagram.

Kohli earns over ₹11.45 Crore per post on Instagram. Everytime he posts something on Insta, it gets a large number of likes and comments within a few minutes of his upload. You can see different types of posts on Virat Kohli’s instagram related to his personal life, career, and several endorsements for different brands.

The former Indian skipper is also the third-richest athlete on this platform and comes after Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi who earn ₹26.76 Crore and ₹21.49 Crore per post respectively.

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Virat Kohli Wife

Virat Kohli is married to Anushka Sharma, a famous Bollywood actress. The couple first met for an ad shoot in 2013, and rumors of them dating each other have been in the air since then. On 11th December, 2017 Kohli and Anushka put an end to all the rumors by officially tying knot with each other in a private ceremony in Italy. On 11th January 2021, the couple welcomed their daughter Vamika into the world.

Virat Kohli House and Car Collection

Virat Kohli lives with his wife in a lavish sea-facing apartment he purchased in Mumbai for ₹34 Crore in 2016. The four-bedroom apartment is spread across 7171 square feet and is  located on the 35th floor. Kohli and his wife also own a 8-acre villa they bought for ₹19 crore in Alibaug’s Awas village. Apart from that, the star Indian cricketer also owns a 10,000 square feet Bungalow in Gurugram worth ₹80 Crore. The spacious Bungalow is equipped with a private pool, a spacious bar area, a well-equipped gym and many more.

Virat Kohli is also known to be a big car enthusiast and owns different luxurious and lavish cars such as Bentley Continental GT (around ₹4 Crore), Audi Limited Edition R8 LMX (around 2.97 Crore), Audi A8L W12 Quattro, Bentley Flying Spur, and more. Read the complete article of Virat Kohli’s car collection 2024.

Virat Kohli Social Media Accounts

Virat Kohli is also a famous personality in social media and the third-most followed athlete on Instagram. He is also the most followed cricketer on Instagram and the only Asian in the list of the top 10 most followed Instagram accounts in the world in the sports genre.

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