Adidas Deal Makes Virat Kohli Highest Paid Indian Sportsman from Sponsorships

September 27, 2013

Team India vice-captain Virat Kohli has signed a Rs 10-crore a year deal with sportswear giant adidas, denture making him the highest paid Indian sportsman in regards to ads and sponsorships.

With another Rs 6.5 crore a year deal signed with what is reported as a “prominent” tyre brand in the Manipal World News, Kohli is set to overtake Sachin Tendulkar and Team Indian skipper M S Dhoni.

Media managers said Kohli had “more urban appeal compared to Dhoni’s mass appeal”