Ravi Shastri Stuns England Greats, Reveals Earnings Of Top Stars Like Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni
"What kind of numbers do these superstars in India earn?" Shastri was asked by former England captain Michael Vaughan on Stick To Cricket Podcast.
The former India coach said: "They earn a lot. A lot through endorsements, for sure and upwards of 100 crores."
When he was asked "Which is how much?", Shastri said: Well which would say 10 million.
One of the responses to the figure was "Wow! "
"WOW!"
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Shastri then continued: "Yeah Ten Million Pounds. I'd just calculate one hundred rupees as one pound. So you work backwards and you can get upwards of that because."
Shastri even revealed that top stars like MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli or Sachin Tendulkar could've done even more ads during their prime but they would struggle to create space in busy schedules.
"Someone like an M.S or a Virat or Sachin and his pomp. They would do over 15-20 ads. And it's per day. There is no time. You could easily do more because of the amount cricket being played. So you know they'll do an ad for year and give us a day," Shastri revealed on the podcast.
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