Virat Kohli becomes top Indian sports personality of the year
According to Duff & Phelps, Kohli topped the list with a brand value of $144 million, followed by actors Shah Rukh ($106 million), Deepika Padukone ($93 million), Akshay Kumar ($47 million) and Ranveer Singh ($42 million).
Indian skipper Virat Kohli has been having a terrific year both on and off the field, breaking records to getting hitched, Virat is winning in every aspect of life.
Now, the Indian skipper has replaced King of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan as India's top-ranking celebrity brand.
According to Duff & Phelps, Kohli topped the list with a brand value of $144 million, followed by actors Shah Rukh ($106 million), Deepika Padukone ($93 million), Akshay Kumar ($47 million) and Ranveer Singh ($42 million).
Even four years after his retirement from cricket, Sachin Tendulkar lies second in the list with 82.50 cr, while MS Dhoni is third with 63.77 cr. R Ashwin to makes it to the list with 34.67 cr. Non-cricketers that made it to the prestigious list are Saina Nehwal (31cr), Anirban Lahiri (12.44cr), Kidambi Srikanth (6.13cr), Sania Mirza (2.80 cr), Sunil Chhetri (2.30cr).
In the list, there are as many as 21 sportspersons. Here is the list:
- Virat Kohli Rs 100.72
- Sachin Tendulkar Rs 82.50
- MS Dhoni Rs 63.77
- PV Sindhu Rs 57.25
- R Ashwin Rs 34.67
- Ravindra Jadeja Rs 34.58
- Saina Nehwal Rs 31.00
- Rohit Sharma Rs 30.82
- Shikhar Dhawan Rs 15.94
- Anirban Lahiri Rs 12.44
- Yuvraj Singh Rs 11.60
- K Srikanth Rs 6.13
- Ajinkya Rahane Rs 5.56
- C Pujara Rs 5.48
- Murali Vijay Rs 4.20
- KL Rahul Rs 4.04
- Umesh Yadav Rs 3.94
- Hardik Pandya Rs 3.04
- Sania Mirza Rs 2.80
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar Rs 2.53
- Sunil Chhetri Rs 2.30