With promising annual contracts, expensive endorsement deals, huge match fees and wise investments in business ventures, India’s richest cricketers are doubling their fortunes every year. Interestingly, some cricketers come from rich families, like Sourav Ganguly, Gautam GambhiR, et al., and enjoy generational wealth status. But at the same time, players like Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli have made their fortunes through success on the field.
former indian captain Virat Kohli According to, his net worth is said to be Rs 1,050 crore Hindustan Times and other publicly available data. The net worth of three-time ICC Trophy-winning captain MS Dhoni is estimated to be around Rs 1,000 crore. india.comDuring this time, Rohit SharmaAccording to , the current ODI and Test captain has assets worth Rs 214 crore. abplive and other publicly available data. Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, who retired from the game a decade ago, has a net worth of Rs 1,250 crore. news18However, one cricketer has left all these behind and become the richest cricketer in India.
Meet India’s richest cricketer with a net worth of Rs 1,450 crore – richer than Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma. He was also banned from playing sports
Former Indian cricketer Ajay Jadeja, who played 211 international matches from 1992 to 2000, has recently emerged as one of the richest people Indian cricketer in the country after Shatrusalyasinhji Jadeja, the current Maharaja of Nawanagar and cousin of Ajay’s father late Daulatsinhji Jadeja, was named heir to the Jamnagar royal throne. Having assumed the throne since 1966, he bestowed the prestigious royal status on Ajay on the occasion of Dussehra this year.
Before India’s independence, Nawanagar was a princely state of Gujarat and its capital was Jamnagar city. After the royal announcement on October 12, Ajay Jadeja’s net worth increased significantly. Earlier their estimate was Rs 250 crore net worth According to, as the successor of the Jamnagar Maharaja, his income has now increased to Rs 1,450 crore India.com, The Free Press Journal and other publicly available data.
Ajay Jadeja is not the only cricketer from the royal family of Jamnagar. His relatives, KS Ranjitsinhji and KS Duleepsinhji, were also famous cricketers, and the prestigious Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy are named in their honour. Unfortunately, Ajay Jadeja’s cricket career ended on a controversial note when he was implicated in the match fixing scandal. As a result, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (bcci) banned him for life on 3 June 2000, which was later reduced to five years. On 27 January 2003, a Delhi court lifted the ban, but he did not return to the Indian team.
After retiring from cricket, Ajay Jadeja played various roles. He coached Delhi cricket team, joined cricket commentary Bollywood films, and even participated in dance reality shows get a glimpseLast year, he mentored the Afghanistan cricket team during the ODI World Cup 2023.
Notably, Samarjitsinh Ranjitsinh Gaekwad, who hails from the royal Gaekwad family of Baroda, is often considered to be the richest cricketer in India after he was crowned the Maharaja of Baroda in 2012 following his father’s demise. He played as a top-order batsman for Baroda in the Ranji Trophy during the 1987/88 and 1988/89 seasons. On becoming Maharaja, he inherited property worth more than Rs 20,000 crore. The Financial Express And dnaHowever, it is important to note that Gaikwad did not represent the Indian national cricket team. This is why the title of India’s richest cricketer is in the name of Ajay Jadeja.
