New York: Indian head Mahendra Singh Dhoni has topped the make a list of world’s 10 top earning cricketers compiled by Forbes, which plus skin tone four other players from the sub-continent — Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly.
Raking in USD 10 million, Dhoni is next to the top of the chart followed by Tendulkar next to the go along with catch a glimpse of with interest worth USD 8 million in the make a list of ‘The World’s Top-Earning Cricketers’.
While Singh and Dravid are next to the third and fourth catch a glimpse of, in that order, Ganguly and Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting share the sixth place.
“Paycheck statistics include weapon and state-run team salaries and infomercial endorsement profits finished the stay fresh 12 months,” Forbes said.
According to the magazine, Singh earned USD 5.5 million while Dravid and Ganguly raked in USD 5 million and USD 3.5 million, in that order. Ponting plus earned USD 3.5 million.
“With its deep-pocketed owners and international appeal, nine of the 10 highest-paid cricket players call the Indian Premier League (IPL) back home, the journal added.
At the fifth catch a glimpse of is England’s Andrew Flintoff with interest of USD 4 million followed by Australia’s Brett Lee and English cricketer Kevin Pietersen — both next to eighth place — and Australian Michael Clarke is ranked tenth.
While Lee and Pietersen raked in USD 3 million apiece, Clarke earned USD 2.5 million.
