According to a report released on Tuesday, Virat Kohli has become the biggest earner in the 18-year-old IPL’s history, earning Rs 230 crore from his affiliation with Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
According to a research by Fanatic Sports and Hurun, the total value of all ten Indian Premier League teams is Rs 1.63 lakh crore.
According to the report, the Ambanis-owned Mumbai Indians are valued at Rs 18,400 crore, the Chennai Super Kings at Rs 18,400 crore, and the Shah Rukh Khan-owned Kolkata Knight Riders at approximately Rs 19,200 crore.
It’s interesting to note that the average valuation of an IPL club is expected to increase from the current US$1.8 billion to US$15 billion by 2032, according to the analysis, which comes at a time when franchisees are more interested in closing deals.
“India is standing at the base of that curve right now. Talent is being manufactured at the grassroots. Capital is arriving at the top. A billion-plus consumers are about to have the income to participate in between,” PTI quoted Hurun India’s Founder and Chief Researcher Anas Rahman Junaid as saying.
According to the report, Kohli’s all-time IPL earnings are followed by Rohit Sharma with Rs 227.2 crore and Mahendra Singh Dhoni with Rs 200 crore.
On the other hand, Smriti Mandhana leads the Women’s Premier League with cumulative earnings of Rs 13.7 crore to date, while the top ten female players have only made Rs 90 crore. The differences are even more pronounced when it comes to hockey, the national sport of the nation.
According to the report, defender Harmanpreet Singh earns the highest wage in the Hockey India League at Rs 78 lakh, followed by forward Abhishek Nain at Rs 72 lakh and midfielder Hardik Singh at Rs 70 lakh.
But according to the report, hockey excels at producing young talent, with players like 14-year-old Ketan Kushwaha and two 15-year-olds, Rahul Yadav and Purti Ashish Tani.
According to the survey, a single town in Odisha (Sundargarh) provides 12 athletes to the list, demonstrating how the sport that has brought India major Olympic titles also succeeds from a grassroots relevance perspective.
1,323 elite athletes from 504 locations, 181 states/provinces, and 53 countries are tracked across 59 teams in six different sports leagues.
